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Senior Scientist

Employer
GSK
Location
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 3, 2022

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Sector
Science, Pharmaceutical
Organization Type
Corporate
Jobseeker Type
Professional
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Scientist to work on new treatments to address the threat of infectious diseases by joining our growing Infectious Diseases Research Unit (ID RU) at Upper Providence, PA. The ID RU is one of the Research Units in the R&D organization at GSK and is responsible for the discovery of novel approaches & targets to treat infectious diseases that threaten our health and progressing them to clinical proof of concept studies. The Research Unit has an impactful portfolio of projects in hepatitis B, bacterial infections, and viral respiratory infections (including COVID-19) along with collaborations with Vir Biotechnology and 23 & Me.

The successful candidate within the Infectious Diseases Research Unit (IDRU) will be responsible for conducting in vitro and in vivo experiments to progress drug discovery projects targeting the immune system for inducing/enhancing anti-viral immune responses. Areas of focus include in vitro cell based immunological assays using primary human and mouse immune cells and various immune cell lines, and experiments using immunology and molecular biology techniques, and in vivo mouse models. In addition, the successful candidate may be expected to contribute to the establishment and characterization of target validation studies and mechanistic elucidation of target biology and oversee external studies conducted at CROs.

Key accountabilities:
  • Coordinates with Program Leaders/scientists to plan and execute experiments
  • Works collaboratively on aspects of experiments to be performed by other members of the team
  • Contributes to driving the scientific direction
  • Interprets results and designs next logical step of experiments based on interpretation of results
  • Performs complex data management tasks with minimal supervision
  • Prepares detailed oral or written summaries of results with interpretation for projects/programs; independently writes specific technical sections of internal and external reports
  • Assumes responsibility for posting data, tracking usage of reagents, maintaining updated electronic lab notebook records
  • Assists in publishing, patenting, or presenting data as needed
  • Assists in general operation of the biology lab facility


Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

  • BS with 3 plus years' experience with a background in immunology and/or cell and molecular biology
  • Candidates experience with handling and manipulating primary human and mouse cells and cell lines
  • Hands-on technical experience with immunology and molecular biology techniques and assays (e.g., flow cytometry, ELISA, ELISpot, qRT-PCR, Immune cell assays)
  • Experience with data handling software (e.g., Spotfire, GraphPad, Excel, FlowJo and/or other flow analysis software)
  • Outstanding written skills


Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
  • Strong work ethic with desire to carry out independent hypothesis generation and testing
  • Candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work effectively individually and in team and matrix environments
  • Outstanding oral communication skills
  • MS degree (1 plus years' experience) with a background in immunology and >2 years' experience in pharmaceutical industry or biotech.
  • Experience in designing and running multiparametric flow cytometry experiments and analyzing relevant data
  • Experience working with in vivo mouse models
  • Experience in in vitro work with viral infection
  • Experience developing/utilizing complex in vitro immune cell assays


*LI-GSK

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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