Research Associate/ Senior Research Associate - In Vivo Pharmacology
The Company
Platelet BioGenesis is a venture-backed biotech startup that was spun out of Harvard Medical School to produce donor-independent human platelets. We are a highly driven and ambitious young company that values openness, transparency, intellectual honesty, and collaboration, in our endeavor to transform the blood system.
The Opportunity
We generate functional platelets from human induced pluripotent stem cell cultures. We are now scaling platelet production for human clinical trials and leveraging our platelet platform for cell-based drug delivery. The successful Research Associate / Senior Research Associate will join the designer platelet team to provide support for in vivo pe-clinical studies on cell-mediated targeted drug delivery.
What you'll be doing:
- Perform rodent in vivo studies to advance our research and development programs.
- Conduct dosing (iv, ip, sc), blood sampling, tissue harvesting.
- Coordinate sample storage and analysis.
- Perform sample analysis using standard cell, molecular and biochemical assays (flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, ELISA, western blot, microscopy).
- Demonstrate understanding and application of relevant scientific literature to the design of experimental protocols.
- Comply with standard laboratory practices and company policies.
- Present results of experiments and findings in multidisciplinary team meetings.
What you'll bring to the team:
- Authorized to work in the U.S. required.
- BS/MS in pharmacology, biology, molecular biology, cell biology or immunology.
- 2-5 years industry experience preferable.
- Demonstrated experience in various methods of dosing, blood collection, anaesthesia, tissue harvesting and in vitro sample processing required.
- Hands-on experience in flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy.
- Ability to create and interpret scientific documents including study protocols, SOPs, and regulatory guidelines
- Critical thinker with excellent problem‐solving skills with the ability to design experiments and interpret data.
- Excellent and effective oral and written communication skills.
- Outstanding organization, interpersonal skills and established collaborative working habits.