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Senior Associate Scientist, In vivo Biology (non-PhD))

Employer
Pfizer
Location
Cambridge, MA
Start date
Jul 30, 2021

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Discipline
Science/R&D, Biology, Biotechnology
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
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Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients.  Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

Pfizer’s Rare Disease Research Unit (RDRU) is committed to developing therapies for rare inherited diseases. The successful candidate will become a member of a team working on repeat expansion, inborn error of metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases, employing small molecule and gene therapy approaches. The candidate will contribute to in vivo studies to asses efficacy of therapies and new target validation to characterize potential therapeutics.  This Senior Associate Scientist will make significant technical contributions under moderate supervision by using established methodologies and will be encouraged to practice novel technical approaches.

How You Will Achieve It

  • Effectively balances resources as needed to achieve timely execution of projects across multiple research teams.
  • Learn from other scientists and implement new techniques to support multiple projects
  • Develop and execute novel assays with moderate guidance from senior scientific staff
  • Work collaboratively with project teams
  • Interpret and present data in project meetings
  • Maintain high quality and detailed experimental records

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.S. with minimum 3 years or M.S. with 2 years of experience in an industrial or academic setting
  • Degree in biology or related discipline
  • 2+ years of hands on experience in animal handling, dosing, tissue collection
  • 2+ years of experience in histology techniques such as tissue sectioning on microtome, cryostat or vibratome
  • Experience with basic molecular biology including DNA, RNA, and protein isolation and analyses
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to changing project needs

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience in mouse colony management
  • Experience with staining techniques including optimization for different proteins on different tissue sections
  • Basic skills in cell culture

  
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be able to wear standard PPE (lab coat/safety shoes/glasses/etc.)

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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