Associate Scientist (ELISA/ Mammalian) - Gaithersburg, MD (Non-PhD)

(NO PHD) Associate Scientist (ELISA/ Mammalian) - Gaithersburg, MD

What you will do:

• It This job is a lab-based research role, and you will have a significant opportunity to influence the direction of the work.
• The work will be predominantly with human in vitro systems, working with primary and disease tissue-derived cells.
• Ideally, you have strong expertise with cell culture and in vitro techniques assays such as Westerns, ELISAs, PCR. Experience in primary cell culture systems is a plus.

Examples of accountability

• You will focus your contributions to a team focused on characterizing novel biology pathways pertinent to chronic lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to aid target validation and drug projects
• In a team setting, you will contribute by applying molecular and cellular biology techniques, and to interpret and communicate results to team members
• You will support new target identification and validation You will collaborate with scientists from a variety of functional teams in Gaithersburg and with our sites in Cambridge, UK, and Gothenburg, Sweden

Essentials for the role:

• A Master's or Bachelor’s degree in biology or related fields
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team to contribute to research projects
• Demonstrated ability to design and conduct laboratory projects/experiments, develop methods, generate and interpret scientific data; competent in trouble shooting and critiquing data

Additionally, the optimal candidate will possess:

• Strong hands-on skills in basic biochemical and molecular techniques including cell culture, quantification of mRNA (qPCR) and protein expression; ELISA, as well as assay development
• Expertise in primary human cell culture
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to critically analyze datasets
• The ability to work as part of a team and collaborate with colleagues across a variety of discipline
• 0-3 years of experience

Desirable for the role:

• Experience in MSD and IHC
• Experience with PowerPoint, Excel, GraphPad Prism
• Drug discovery experience is a plus