Principal Scientist, Metabolic Biology
- Employer
- Planet Pharma
- Location
- Palo Alto, California, US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Jan 23, 2022
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- Sector
- Academic / Research
- Field
- Conservation science
- Discipline
- Genetics, Biology
- Salary Type
- Salary
- Employment Type
- Full time
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Responsibilities:
No matter your role with us, successful team members are:
Education, Experience & Skills Requirements:
No matter your role with us, successful team members are:
- Drive basic research towards the clinic at warp speed
- Independently design, execute and analyze experiments within our top-notch laboratory
- Communicate findings and implications to senior leadership and team members
- Help drive overall preclinical strategy
- Collaborate with the business development team to assess and understand a variety of metabolic, renal, and pulmonary diseases
- Use a variety of biochemical, cellular, genetic, and pharmacological techniques to advance multiple candidates from discovery research to clinical development
- Patient Champions, who put patients first and uphold strict ethical standards
- Entrepreneurial Operators, who drive towards practical solutions and have an ownership mindset
- Truth Seekers, who are detailed, rational, and humble problem solvers
- Individuals Who Inspire Excellence in themselves and those around them
- High-quality executors, who execute against goals and milestones with quality, precision, and speed
Education, Experience & Skills Requirements:
- Ph.D., or Ph.D./MD degree and expertise in a relevant scientific field (e.g., cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical biology)
- 2+ years of postdoctoral experience in a relevant research field
- 2+ years of experience in industry/biotech working on a metabolic, renal, or pulmonary disease
- Demonstrated record of achievement as evidenced by first-author publications in top tier journals, grants, scholarships, or awards
- Strong experience working with a variety of human-relevant cell types
- Experience with CRISPR cell line engineering is preferred
- Experience in genetics, functional assays (biochemical and cell-based), and disease modeling
- Experience with a wide range of biophysical, biochemical, molecular, and cellular biology techniques, functional assay development, immunohistochemistry (IHC), ELISA, Western blot, high content imaging, qPCR, RT-PCR, and RNA-seq
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