Scientist II (Scientific)

Immediate need for a talented Scientist II (Scientific). This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Cambridge, MA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-82982

Pay Range: $50 - $65/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:

• Responsible for designing and performing in-vivo pharmacology experiments in support of project team goals. This includes study design, data collection and recording, communication of results, and report writing.
• Summarize and present study data to project teams within established timelines.
• Generate specific pharmacology reports based on studies performed to support IND submission.
• Capacity to use established procedures and methodologies with the ability to transform novel approaches into routine practice.
• Use detailed knowledge of state-of-the-art tools and approaches to enhance in vivo evaluation of novel therapeutics mechanism of action and/or identify new targets.
• Identify and develop ex vivo analytical tools that can be used to maximize the read-outs from in vivo studies
• Must be a technical contributor.
• Ability to troubleshoot experiments.
• Support the development of disease relevant in-vivo models.
• Must be well organized and detail oriented.
• Must have meticulous record keeping skills according to Client quality guidelines.
• Maintain a thorough and compliant laboratory notebook.
• Must adhere to all federal, local, and Client animal welfare guidelines.
• Must be capable of working alone and in a team environment.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience: 

• Key Skills; Respiratory disease - COPD, pneumonia, and lung cancer, chronic
• Pharmacology/pharmacological
• Preclinical
• Animal/Mice/Mouse/Rat
• blood collection, tissue harvest
• dosing/Dose
• Immunology
• In Vivo/In-Vivo
• ELN
• Deep knowledge of immunology, mechanistic understanding of autoimmune or inflammatory pathologies.
• Proficiency in establishing in vivo PK/PD and efficacy models of immunology/autoimmune diseases (e.g. DTH, DSS, T cell transfer model, ovalbumin induced asthma…).
• Extensive in vivo pharmacology expertise in working with rodent inflammatory models and in molecular, cellular biology and immunological assays (e.g. Flow cytometry, cytokine measurement) required.
• Well-established hands-on experience with in vivo dosing, bleeding, and handling techniques and proficiency in basic surgical techniques.
• Experience with compound or reagent preparation.
• Ability to work under moderate supervision with regular review of results and methods utilized.
• Ability to present study-related results to project teams.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic, customer-focused and results-oriented environment.
• Master’s Degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant research experience in a biopharmaceutical setting OR a Ph.D. in Immunology, Pharmacology with relevant research experience in an academic facility or biopharmaceutical setting.

Our client is a leading pharmaceutical Industry 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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