Senior Scientist, In Vivo Pharmacology
Senior Scientist, In Vivo Pharmacology 1372351
Location: Watertown, MA (Onsite)
Science: Gene Editing
Therapeutic Area: Genetic Diseases
Job Overview: Looking for a Senior Scientist to support the preclinical pharmacology team. The candidate will be responsible for leading, designing, and executing hands-on in-house rodent studies to determine pharmacodynamic properties and efficacy of test articles in preclinical studies supporting our platform and therapeutic programs.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for designing, leading, and executing animal studies to evaluate the pharmacological activity and efficacy of candidate drug test articles in preclinical studies for the development of novel therapies.
- Perform molecular and biochemical assays on tissue samples obtained from preclinical studies.
- Independently analyze and interpret data, meticulously document experiments, and present results within the company.
Requirements:
- PhD in biology, cell biology, molecular biology, or a related discipline with 2-5+ years of experience, BS or MS with 7+ years of experience in Biotech or pharmaceutical company
- Experience planning and executing mouse studies is a must; experience with dosing of animals via IV route of administration; dosing of neonates is a plus
- Experience with liver indications
- Hands-on experience with CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology preferred
- Familiar with running a variety of molecular and biochemical assays such as ddPCR, RT-qPCR, ELISA and luminescence-based assays
- Generation of animal disease models as well as running efficacy studies is a plus
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