poseida therapeutics, inc. is currently developing car-t and gene therapy products for cancer and orphan diseases. spinout of transposagen biopharmaceuticals early this year, poseida is also collaborating with j&j’s janssen to develop allogeneic car-t therapies against cancer. poseida boasts best-in-class genome engineering capabilities for effectively silencing target genes or inserting therapeutic genes and/or technologies. proprietary tools include piggybac™ dna modification system, nextgen™ crispr, xtn™ talen and footprint-free™ gene editing system, which are clean (synthetic and virus-free) and can be surgically precise. poseida aims to shuttle the first car-t and gene therapy product candidates into phase i clinical trials in early 2016. poseida is now hiring and searching for ambitious and motivated scientists desiring a fast-paced work environment with diverse research opportunities in the field of cellular and gene therapy.