What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Research Associate position at GForce Life Sciences?
Senior Research Associate
12 month contract
Must be able to work on a W2
On-site in Lexington, MA
TOP SKILLS:
1. Experience dosing mouse/rat
2. Experience putting together a protocol and conducting an in vivo study beginning to end (from protocol to plotting the data)
3. Works as a team player and has attention to detail
The Position:
Provide complex technical support for research activities in multiple in vivo projects focused on obesity and cardiometabolic therapeutic areas. This position will be responsible for in vivo experimental planning, execution, & analyses with limited supervisor support.
Essential Functions:
- Hands-on in vivo experimental efforts
- Designs and conducts in vivo research studies
- Independently leads the development and implementation of assays to support research projects
- Interpret and properly document experimental data
- Ensures data integrity and documentation through maintenance of laboratory notebooks and ensuring data and results are entered into the electronic notebook in a timely manner
- Point of contact person for specific in vivo platform and methodologies.
- Collaborative Teamwork and develop synergy with technical and scientific experts within the team.
- Works in a team-focused environment to ensure progress of global research projects
- Works with team to ensure better practice sharing and implementation within the lab
- Supports business goals, shares learnings, knowledge and skills, and cross-functional teamwork
- be a team player and regularly provides assistance to other technical staff
- Scientific input & guidance
- Independently executes experiments and performs data analyses of moderate complexity
- Correctly interprets data and make recommendations for next steps
- Responsible for developing, optimizing & drafting protocols for methods of moderate complexity with limited input from supervisor
- Contributes to formal study reports & study protocol drafting & review
- Supports development and management of research protocols in support of multiple drug discovery efforts
- Presents findings at the scientist, department, and site-level
- Manages personal experimental timelines
- Will require weekend tasks which are a shared and divided responsibility among the team
Physical Requirements:
0-10% overnight travel required. Ability to lift 50lbs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree, 5 years' relevant experience required.
- Relevant Experience includes:
- Experience with In vivo rodent handling, dosing via various routes of administration (SC, PO, IP, IV etc.), in-life blood collections and necropsy is required.
- Collecting data and accurately maintaining laboratory notebooks required.
- Track record of organizing and performing experiments of moderate complexity and per-forming at a moderate level of independence.
- Computer proficiency and the ability and desire to learn new software programs.
- Experience with metabolic cage systems including BIODAQ and Sable Cage systems is highly desirable.
- Rodent surgical experience is desirable.