Associate Scientist, Serology

Job description

Nombre del sítio: Cambridge Binney Street
Fecha de publicación: Feb 21 2024

Are you looking for biology role that allows you to grow professionally and contribute to the development of best-in-class medicines?   If so, this role could be an exciting opportunity to explore.

As a Biology Staff, you will perform biological discovery and development research within a major or significant therapeutic area or a sub-specialty (e.g. biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology).

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

·  Design and execute studies to discover, understand, model, simulate, and create new drug molecules.
·  Research target identification, target validation, drug interactions with targets or receptors, and assay development.
·  Monitor competitive market conditions, patient requirements and technology advances.
·  Execute experiments using established protocol and carry out basic interpretation of results with minimal supervision.
·  Identify problems in the execution of experimental processes and in results.
·  Operate laboratory equipment with minimal supervision.
·  Anticipate/recognize potential problems with equipment/supplies and initiates action to address or prevent problems
·  Execute assigned tasks and activities with high quality and attention to own and other's safety.
·  Comply with local data integrity requirements.
·  Execute experiments and data management activities that result in robust, high quality data to inform R&D decision making.
·  Perform data management and some data interpretation tasks including recording results effectively in a laboratory notebook with minimal supervision. (i.e. data collection and organization).
·  Provide simple interpretation & communicates data and results in simple technical memos/reports.
·  Consult with supervisor when difficulties arise that cannot be readily resolved.
·  Accountable for experimental timelines in accordance with business objectives.
·  Prepare brief oral or written summaries of results with interpretation for “projects”.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

·  MS/BS in biology, Molecular biology, Immunology or a related science discipline
·  Experience in assay development (ligand binding assay knowledge is a plus)
·  Wetlab experience with experinece in different molecular biology techniques, FACs, antibody purification, cell culture
·  Experience with data analysis using different software

 

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

·  Pharmaceutical Industry experienced
·  Experience and knowledge on MSD, Luminex and ELISA
·  Knowledge of handling human samples
·  The ability to work independently and as a member of a team
·  Experience presenting data in different meetings

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why Us?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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