Research Associate- I
Spring House, PA, us Contract
Responsibilities
- Applicant must be experienced with animal handling and be competent in basic laboratory skills.
- Candidate would be responsible for the planning and execution of in vivo studies in support of bacterial vaccine and monoclonal antibody R&D utilizing a variety of laboratory animals according to the company s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee guidelines.
- The ideal applicant will be able to perform daily routine tasks efficiently and accurately, and is willing to learn new techniques.
- Key responsibilities of the positions involve dosing and infection by various routes of administration, bleeding (interim and terminal), small animal surgery and harvesting of tissues for bacterial quantitation.
- Calculating study endpoints, summarizing and recording data, and reporting of results would be required.
- In addition to having strong in vivo skills, the candidate would ideally possess basic in vitro laboratory skills encompassing microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology.
- BS, BA or MA in animal science, biology or related discipline required with a minimum of two years experience;
- Hands-on experience with animal studies in the vivarium setting;
- A current understanding of basic animal models of infection would be desired;
- Experience in basic in vitro laboratory skills (microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology) preferred;
- Experience with vaccine development including immunological assays preferred but not essential;
- Excellent computer, verbal and written communication skills;
- Works well in a Team environment, but has the ability to execute studies independently;
- Flexibility to travel between the Springhouse, PA (Home Base) and Raritan, NJ research facilities.
For more information, please contact
Sneha Shrivastava
Technical Recruiter (Clinical/Scientific)
Artech Information Systems LLC
360 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Suite 2000 | Morristown, NJ 07960
Office: 973.967.3348 | Fax: 973.998.2599
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