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R&D Specialist - In Vivo / In Vitro Infectious Diseases

Employer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Location
Tarrytown, NY, United States
Start date
Jan 25, 2019

Job Details

Known for its scientific and operational excellence, Regeneron is a leading science-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Regeneron commercializes medicines for eye diseases, high LDL-cholesterol, atopic dermatitis and a rare inflammatory condition and has product candidates in development in other areas of high unmet medical need, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, pain, cancer and infectious diseases.

Summary
Regeneron is seeking a highly motivated and experienced in vivo biologist with a master's or bachelor's degree to join a group working on development of therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases. Incumbent should be highly skilled in in vivo mouse techniques and have experience carrying out experiments and performing data analysis with minimum supervision. Specific skills required include injections through multiple routes including IP, IV, IN, and sub-Q as well as organ harvest and blood collection via various routes. Experience with T-cell characterization and functional T-cell assays is highly desirable. Experience with mouse models of infectious disease is desirable. Experience with in vitro techniques such as ELISA, flow cytometry, qPCR, and cell culture is preferred. Incumbent should be able to perform routine tasks involved in virus research, including basic safety procedures in a BSL2 environment. This position will involve working in a fast-paced, stimulating environment and is ideally suited for someone interested in greatly expanding their skills and knowledge base.

Responsibilities
Incumbent will function as an in-vivo lead on multiple projects. The ultimate goal is to design, validate and develop immunotherapeutic reagents for the treatment and/or prevention of virus infections.
In this role he or she will:
Maintain and culture viruses as necessary
Develop in vitro and in vivo models of virus infection
Perform basic immunological assays
Evaluate therapeutics in vitro using basic molecular biology/immunological assays.
Evaluate therapeutics in vivo using mouse models of infectious diseases
Requirements

• TECHNICAL SKILLS: In vivo mouse models, T-cell functional assays, ELISA, qPCR, cell culture, virus propagation.

• CORE COMPETENCIES: Incumbent should be well skilled in working with the mouse model and handling live animals. Experience in infectious disease models is preferred. Experience with T-cell assays is highly preferred. Understanding and previous experience on virology and immunology would be distinct advantages.

• Experience:

• Master's desired.
4-8 years of experience.

This position will require the individual to pass a physical before beginning employment.

This is an opportunity to join our select team that is already leading the way in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry. Apply today and learn more about Regeneron's unwavering commitment to combining good science & good business.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Regeneron about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Regeneron via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Regeneron, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Regeneron for this position and a valid agreement with Regeneron is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Regeneron agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company

Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to seven FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye disease, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, pain and rare diseases.
 
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite® technologies, such as VelocImmune® which produces optimized fully-human antibodies, and ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.

Stock Symbol: REGN

Stock Exchange: NASDAQ

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Company info
Website
Phone
914-847-7000
Location
Corporate Headquarters
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown
New York
10591
United States

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