Position Details:

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Job Title:

Associate Scientist Location:

Thousand Oaks, CA Duration:

12 months

Schedule:

Monday through Friday, standard daytime/business hours, approximately 8:00 AM-5:00 PM or 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. The ideal candidate is an early-career scientist with a relevant bachelor's degree and solid hands-on research experience who is comfortable spending the majority of their time working at the bench. They will bring strong mammalian cell culture, in vitro pharmacology, and plate-based assay experience, including experience working with compounds and generating or evaluating dose-response data. The manager is open to candidates from either academic or industry research environments and places greater emphasis on demonstrated technical ability, hands-on experience, and independence than on a specific industry background. In vivo or small-animal experience would be beneficial. The candidate should be genuinely interested in a hands-on Associate Scientist contract position, be able to take direction and collaborate with the team, and be capable of becoming productive with reasonable onboarding and training.

Basic qualifications:

degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or related life sciences disciplines; experience in a Biopharmaceutical working environment. Top 3 skills: in vitro pharmacology, molecular biology, mammalian cell cultures Preferred qualifications and skills: Hands-on experience with in vivo and in vitro pharmacology skills; capable to independently design, implement and analyze studies with proper controls and generate reproducible high quality data. Technical mastery of general molecular biology and cell-signaling analysis techniques including immunoblotting, immunocytochemistry, RT-qPCR, immunoprecipitation, and ELISA. Responsibilities include : Follows established experimental design and protocols to generate reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision. Plans, conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data. Review literature to identify and effectively transfers experimental methods to the lab and makes modifications as necessary. Develops and implements new protocols to address biological questions. Engages coworkers in scientific discussions and communicates data/interpretation to program teams. Skilled and knowledgeable in the use of standard laboratory equipment and with one or more major laboratory techniques. Effectively trouble-shoots equipment and experimental difficulties. Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents. Follow best practise in ELN entry, data recording, safety and compliances.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual [salary/hourly rate] for this position is between $27.00 - $28.00 per hour . Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance], [dental insurance], [vision insurance], [401(k) retirement plan], [life insurance], [long-term disability insurance], [short-term disability insurance], [paid parking/public transportation], [Paid time off], [Days/hours of paid sick and safe time], [Days/hours of paid vacation time], [Weeks of paid parental leave], [Paid holidays annually], [any additional benefits applicable].