Scientist Senior

Duration: 12 months contract

Shift: Regular Working Hours

Job Description: The Department of Oncology Research is seeking a highly motivated Scientist to contribute to the discovery and progression of small-molecule therapeutics. The successful candidate is expected to make major scientific laboratory-based contributions to the group goals and present their results in internal forums.

Responsibilities

• With minimal supervision, plans, conducts or monitors experiments, records and organizes data, analyses results, and generates robust and reliable data.
• Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision.
• Plans, monitors or conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data.
• Effectively transfers experimental methods from literature to the lab and makes modifications as necessary.
• Develops and implements new protocols with moderate review.
• Engages coworkers in scientific discussions. Communicates data and interpretation to work group.
• Skilled at developing systems to ensure quality data.
• Skilled and/or knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment and with one or more major laboratory instruments/techniques.
• Effectively trouble-shoots equipment and experimental difficulties. Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents.
• Participates in department-wide support efforts such as safety, recruiting and committees. May train staff and/or supervise others.
• Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete the task. Understands when to seek input and when to make independent judgments.

Day to day Responsibilities

• Maintain continuous cultures of several mammalian tumor cell lines.
• Design and execute experiments including high-throughput assays (AlphaLISA, CellTiter-Glo) and other standard molecular biology techniques (immunofluorescence, Flow cytometry, Western blot).
• Perform data analysis including keeping a laboratory notebook and preparing presentations of data.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR
• MD and 2 years of Experience OR Master’s degree and 5 years of experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• A strong skillset of standard cell and molecular biology experimental design and techniques (e.g., mammalian cell culture, western blotting, molecular cloning, qPCR, flow cytometry, etc) and data analysis (e.g., GraphPad Prism)
• Research experience in cancer biology, genetics, or related field
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Cancer Biology, Genetics, or a related field with hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture and standard molecular biology techniques.
• Candidates with an MS and 3–5 years of relevant industry experience will also be considered.
• Strong data analysis skills, scientific independence, and a demonstrated publication record, preferably including first-author work, are expected. Must show first-author publication for PhD candidates.

Top 3 must have skills

• Mammalian cell culture.
• Proficiency in standard molecular biology techniques (western blotting, molecular cloning, qPCR, flow cytometry, etc).
• Familiarity with data processing/analysis (e.g., Excel, GraphPad Prism)

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