Sr. Research Associate, In Vivo Pharmacology

What if you could join a rapidly growing company and play a critical role in bringing new medicines to patients through looking at and treating disease in a revolutionary way.

What this position is all about:

Cellarity is seeking an energetic, talented and highly motivated Senior Research Associate to join our In Vivo Pharmacology efforts and play a vital role in the company’s efforts to progress small molecule lead candidates to IND by performing robust in vivo pharmacology studies. The candidate will join a team of scientists and research associates responsible for internal and external in vivo studies in all program stages. The successful candidate will report to the Head of in vivo Pharmacology and work closely with the biology and technology program teams to rapidly advance Cellarity’s platform and drug discovery programs. S/he will be comfortable working in and contributing to a highly dynamic, cross-functional and fast-paced entrepreneurial team environment. The ideal candidate must be independent, driven, open-minded, curious, goal-oriented and have excellent communication skills.

What you would be responsible for:

• Contribute to study design, planning and performing in vivo experiments across a variety of disease models
• Work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to:
• Execute in vivo studies internally and coordinate externally (CRO, academic lab)
• Analyze in vivo experiments and present experimental findings at internal meetings
• Perform various in vitro/ex vivo analyses in generated animal samples
• Author study reports
• Maintain detailed records of experimental protocols and data in electronic laboratory notebook in accordance with company policy.
  
  

What experiences will you need:

• Demonstrated experience in:
• multiple dosing routes in rodent species
• multiple blood collection methods in rodent species
• performing necropsies with tissue collection, preservation and processing in rodent species
• writing detailed study protocols
• Experience with various formulation preparation methods
• Proficiency with Immunoassays, qPCR or Nanostring, IHC and western blotting would be a plus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical information in a clear and thorough manner.
• B.Sc./M.Sc. in biology or related field, and minimum 2 years of relevant experience in bio-pharmaceutical industry.
  
  

What sets you apart:

• A drive to be part of a team that will make an impact in patients’ lives.
• Willingness to go beyond expectations to achieve critical objectives.
• A desire to work with cutting edge scientists developing next generation drug discovery platforms
  
  

What it’s like to work at Cellarity

At Cellarity, we

• Push Boundaries: We create a legacy with breakthrough science in service of patients.
• Inject Energy: We build strengths from different perspectives and tell it like it is
• Own it: We transcend our job descriptions and relentlessly follow through on our commitments.
• Go all out: We work quickly and with conviction.
  
  

Company Summary: Cellarity’s mission is to fundamentally redesign the way drugs are created for the sake of bringing new hope to patients. By shifting the focus from a single target to the underlying cellular dysfunction, we unravel the complexity of disease biology and create medicines that were never before possible. The company has developed unique capabilities that link biology and chemistry with high dimensional -omic data from which we design medicines against the cellular signature of disease. The Cellarity platform allows us to uncover new biology in diseases even in the absence of known causal targets. The company has drug discovery programs underway in several disease areas, including metabolic disease, hematology, and immunology. Cellarity recently completed a Series C financing, and has raised a total of $274M from all funding rounds to date, with contributions from world-renowned investors alongside Flagship Pioneering who created the company. Cellarity’s goal is to grow into a fully integrated next generation Biotech company driving a new age in drug creation.

Cellarity is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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