Research Investigator

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Job Description
Pursuant to Section 20 C.F.R. 656.10, you are hereby notified that an application for Alien Employment Certification will be filed by Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. for the following job opportunity:
JOB LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
POSITION: Research Investigator
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. is seeking a Research Investigator with the following duties: Develop new assay to address analytical characterization need for various cell therapy programs; independently go through published literatures and design innovative experiments to find technical solutions for complex biological questions; perform routine testing and characterization of cell therapy products using existing and developed analytical assays and immunological methods; manage and maintain critical material inventory for different programs; document personal experimental results accurately and completely in laboratory notebook; contribute to technical documents such as test methods, reports, protocols, and internal presentations; present study results at team or department meetings to external partners or at conferences; contribute to technical transfer of experimental data/procedures internally and external stakeholders as appropriate; and collaborate departmentally as well as cross functionally with peers on project work as appropriate. Up to 5% domestic travel required.
REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Delivery or related field plus 3 years of related experience. Prior experience must include: Prepare tumor biopsy specimens and maintain immune and tumor cell lines to develop 3D tumor spheroid models; Conduct ex-vivo experiments to test the efficacy of experimental drugs and CAR-T cells on 3D tumor spheroid models in microfluidic devices; Perform immunophenotyping using flow cytometry of various patient tumor samples to assess different immune cell populations; Execute cytokine analysis from supernatant of drug-treated tumor samples using Ella and Luminex; Develop and validate analytical method for small molecules and antibodies in support of discovery formulation development.
Full time. $108,500.00 - $186,000.00 per year. Competitive compensation and benefits.
Qualified applicants can apply at https://jobs.takeda.com. Please reference job # R0149055 . EOE
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Locations
Boston, MA
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time