Research Associate III

Job Description

Job Summary:

• 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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.

Education & Experience: 

• High School Diploma with 10+ years’ experience required.
• With a Vocational Degree or Associate’s degree, 6+ years’ relevant experience required.
• With a Bachelor’s degree, 4+ years’ relevant experience required.
• A Master’s Degree with no industry or post-graduate experience can be considered.
• 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.

Top 3 skills:

• Experience dosing mouse/rat.
• Experience putting together a protocol and conducting an in vivo study beginning to end (from protocol to plotting the data).
• Works as a team player and has attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

• 0-10% overnight travel required.
• Ability to lift 50lbs.