Scientist

Description

Fully onsite role

Free parking onsite

Possibility of an extension

Open to candidates willing to relocate at own expense

9-5 EST Mon-Fri

Must Have:

• Masters degree, 3+ years of ocular experience in industry setting or PHD Strongly preferred; 0-2 years Post Doc experience, need to have in school or ocular disease experience is required. In school experience will be acceptable, as long as in occ research background
• Molecular biology lab-based skills
• Any ocular research experience is a plus
• Presentation skills
• Protein and nucleic assays Including in vivo and in vitro ocular models.
• Gene therapy preferred
• Histology experience
• Automation experience
• Gene editing ASO’s and siRNA

Scientist Ocular Genomic Medicines, Genomics Medicine Unit

We are seeking a laboratory facing Scientist to be part of a team focused on the development of novel gene therapy technologies for the treatment of ocular disease.,

The successful candidate will:

• Lead research projects to support the identification of therapeutic candidates from discovery into IND enabling studies.
• Execute studies to generate proof of concept data.
• Apply expertise to design, develop scientific activities/projects to identify therapeutic candidates.
• Demonstrate scientific excellence, initiate, design, and execute experiments/studies in support of goals in a time sensitive manner.
• Collaborate extensively with internal teams and be an impactful contributor and member of project teams.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree plus minimum 3 years relevant experience in an academic or biopharmaceutical setting OR Ph.D. with 0-2 years Post Doc experience
• Strong background in ocular disease biology including in vivo and in vitro ocular models.
• Strong background in molecular biology lab-based skills
• Background/experience in gene therapy preferred
• Experience in preparing high quality documents including technical reports, presentations, and experimental protocols.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, enthusiastic and fast learner who pays close attention to detail
• Ability to be flexible and pivot with changing priority of pace and projects.