Associate Scientist - In Vitro Preclinical Pharmacology

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$69,000 - $179,300

Job Title: Associate Scientist, In Vitro Preclinical Pharmacology

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. For more than 140 years, we have worked diligently to discover medicines that make life better. These discoveries start in Lilly Research Laboratories, where our scientists work to create new medicines that will help solve our world’s greatest health challenges.

At the Lilly Seaport Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts, we explore how next generation therapeutics, new technologies, data analytics and new care models can improve patient health and the healthcare system. Our RNA Therapeutics team in Boston shares a passion for challenging conventional wisdom and creating an environment that embraces creative, break-through concepts. The Center offers a start-up environment with large company support. It is located in the heart of Massachusetts’ exploding science and technology cluster and is surrounded by some of the best academic and industry innovators in the world.

The successful candidate will have a strong research track record in biology and be analytically minded, systematic, and embrace data-driven decision making. The scientist will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across key Lilly therapeutic areas (e.g. neuroscience, diabetes, immunology) to perform experiments to aid development of RNA oligonucleotide drug candidates for the next generation of RNA therapies.

Key responsibilities include:

• High-throughput in vitro screening and evaluation of oligonucleotide therapeutics (e.g. mammalian cell culture, transfection, reporter assays, etc.)

• Perform downstream biochemical assays to evaluate drug candidates (RNA isolation, RT-qPCR, Western blot, ELISA)

• Optimize existing characterization methods and processes and generate standard operating procedures (SOPs) and test method documents

• Assist in troubleshooting technical challenges and provide scientific and technical input to project teams

• Help design and complete experiments and perform data analysis

• Provide conceptual contribution into experimental design, integrated data analysis and communication of results to scientific teams and management

• Provide written and verbal communication of work in lab reports and team meetings

• Accurate recording of all practical work: completion of electronic notebook to Lilly procedure quality standards

• General laboratory assistance, including ordering and receiving lab supplies, preparation of reagents, and maintain laboratory equipment

• Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations

• Passionate about contributing in the lab in a diverse and inclusive environment every day

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in biology, neuroscience, or related field.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• The ideal candidate will possess a solid understanding of RNA biology and RNA therapeutics

• Ability to adapt and exercise flexibility for changing platform needs, workflows and projects.

• Ability to craft, complete and interpret experiments independently, and to advance scientific understanding.

• Excellent communication skills and efficiency in collaborating across functional boundaries and in team environment

• Strong organization skills, attention to detail, critical thinking, multitasking, desire to learn new techniques and contribute to innovative projects in a fast-paced working environment

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Experience in processing, organizing, analyzing and visualizing data and information from disparate sources and ability to extract insight from data

• Familiar with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and analytical software associated with methods.

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Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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