Oncology Research Associate
Oncology Research Associate
Company: EMD Millipore Sigma
1 Year
Billerica, MA
Max PR: $30 - $34.00/hr
Your role:
- We have an opening for a Cancer Research Scientist to join our Translational Biomarker Research group at Company’s Research and Development Institute in Billerica, MA.
- The successful candidate will conduct cancer cell biology and molecular biology assays to better understand the mechanism of action and biomarkers for several drugs that are being developed.
- This laboratory-based position offers the opportunity for a talented scientist to work at the forefront of cancer research within a research-based drug discovery company.
- In this role, the candidate is expected to develop and conduct cellular and molecular assays, such as cell signaling assays, cell proliferation assays and a variety of biomarker assays.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Experience with a variety of standard molecular and cell biological techniques such as western blotting, FACS, ELISA, qRT-PCR, cell proliferation assays.
- Ability to prepare or assist in the development of experimental procedures, protocols and SOPs.
- Ability to execute experiments and scientific tasks with independence, curiosity and scientific rigor. Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of experiments and results.
- Ability to interpret data, prepare slides and present results in a small lab meeting setting.
- Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and GraphPad PRISM for data interpretation.
- Good communication skills and the ability to interact effectively in a team-oriented research environment are a must.
- MS or PhD OK, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Experience with apoptosis assays and CRISPR and gene knockout techniques is beneficial.
- Experience with cell microscopy, Incucyte live cell imaging or other high content cell image analysis instrumentation is beneficial.
- Ability to analyze cellular data using FACS data using FlowJo.