Job Details
Immediate need for a talented Scientist Bioscience. This is a 06+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Gaithersburg, MD (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 24-21709
Pay Range: $45 - $59/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Our expanding Bioscience Immunology group at Client is looking for an experienced lab-based Scientist.
- The candidate will help support development of novel therapies from concept to preclinical work.
- This drug discovery research position will support and collaborate with a research team to identify and validate disease-modifying molecular targets and support the progression of drug development projects to clinic.
- Areas of primary disease interest include gastro- and rheumatological immune diseases.
- Areas of research biology interest include understanding of myeloid/T cell/B cell autoimmune regulation, tissue damage/repair and autoimmune disease modeling.
- As a Scientist you will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of client Bioscience Immunology drug discovery pipeline.
- You will conduct hands-on primary cell culturing, immune functional assays and phenotyping.
- You will manipulate and characterize immune primary cells and cell lines, design and conduct laboratory experiments, develop methodology, generate, and interpret scientific data, and communicate results to manager and team members.
- It is also expected that at the Scientist level you maintain level of expertise through evaluation of scientific literature and apply and interprets principles, theories, concepts and techniques in immunology and drug discovery field.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Human (not mouse!) primary immune cell isolation, handling and in vitro culturing.
- Functional assays (cell proliferation, migration, activation - any kind).
- Scientist, Bioscience Immunology, Early Respiratory and Immunology (level C).
- PhD degree with 0-1 years of working experience, or master s degree plus 2-3 years of experience in Immunology or related discipline.
- Strong hands-on skills in in vitro immunology, including immune cell isolation, culture and functional assays, basic biochemical and molecular techniques, including quantification of mRNA (qPCR) and protein expression, ELISA, Western Blotting, and Flow Cytometry assays.
- Ability to plan your time effectively and efficiently.
- Ability of multi-task.
- Self-motivated and highly organized, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team to conduct a high-level research project.
- Attention to detail and excellent ability to summarize, record, and present research findings
- High level of enthusiasm for innovative scientific research leading to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics.
- A research background in human immunology, immune-mediated diseases (for example lupus, arthritis, intestinal bowel disease), and translational approaches to understanding basic biological mechanisms in disease is highly desired.
- Biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred.
Our client is a leading Biopharmaceutical organization, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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