Flagship Pioneering
Pioneering Medicines: Contract- Research Associate, Translational Sciences
What if... We could harness the power of Flagship’s scientific platforms and create novel treatment options that benefit more patients, sooner?
Pioneering Medicines, an initiative of Flagship Pioneering, is building a world-class biopharmaceutical R&D capability focused on conceiving and developing life-changing treatments for patients by harnessing the power of Flagship's scientific platforms and applying those innovative approaches to serious diseases with unmet medical need. Unique to Pioneering Medicines’ approach is the opportunity to combine platforms to create truly novel and potentially transformative treatments.
About Flagship Pioneering:
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.
What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet.
Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Research Associate who will be responsible for developing and performing in-vitro and ex-vivo biomarker assays to deliver translational science datasets across multiple programs within pioneering medicines. This position supports translational research activities aimed at bridging the gap between early research and clinical development.
The ideal candidate will be skillful in conducting in vitro and ex-vivo characterization of novel therapeutics and cell-based assays using both rodent, NHP and human cell lines and primary cells. Previous experience with assay development to evaluate translational pharmacology in rodent, NHP and human tissues/plasma/whole blood is highly desired. The position will require ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple tasks, quickly learn new techniques, organize tasks efficiently and keep records accurately. Ability to interact well with scientific colleagues and work effectively in a team-oriented environment will be necessary. This role is a 12-month contract. Pioneering Medicines 3rd party agency will be hiring for this position. Employees under this position with be working at Pioneering Medicines as a contractor with the possibility to convert to a full-time Pioneering Medicines employee based on performance and other criteria in the future.
Responsibilities:
- Perform ex-vivo and in-vitro laboratory assays to support translational research activities characterizing novel therapeutics.
- Independently conduct experiments and analyze data.
- Operate and maintain the relevant equipment.
- Maintain electronic notebook.
Requirements:
- Bachelor or Master of Science degree with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a laboratory of academia or industry. Industrial experience is preferred.
- Previous experience with ex-vivo assay development in rodent, NHP and human tissues/plasma/whole blood
- Hands-on experience with cell-based and molecular biology assays, such as dPCR, ELISA/MSD, flow cytometry, imaging-based assays etc.
- Experience working with sterile cell culture techniques for the growth and maintenance of cell lines and primary cells (e.g. peripheral blood mononuclear cells, organoids, explant cultures)
- Prior working experience with in vitro cell based pharmacology assays using human or rodent primary cells
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Flagship Pioneering Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Office
55 Cambridge Parkway, Suite 800E, Cambridge, MA, United States, 02142
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