Job Description

We are looking for a qualified individual who is highly motivated, detail-oriented, passionate and committed to laboratory ethics, to be employed for the role of Scientist. The successful candidate will work with a dynamic team on industry projects aiming to develop novel therapeutic strategies towards improving metabolic health. This role offers excellent opportunities to work within a multidisciplinary team and manage end-to-end experimental data packages.

Key Responsibilities

•    In vitro & wet lab experiments: Cell culture, molecular biology and assays (e.g. RNA/protein extraction, RT-qPCR, Western blotting, and ELISAs), microscopy etc
•    Routine animal husbandry and colony management: Breeding, weaning, ear-notching/tagging, genotyping and tracking of animal cohorts.
•    In vivo handling and experiments: Diet/treatment dosing regimes, body weight & composition analyses, food intake, metabolic phenotyping, blood sampling, glucose/insulin tolerance tests etc
•    End-point experiments: Terminal blood collection, tissue collection and sample preparation, perfusion, tissue/organ imaging, serum measurements etc
•    Data Management: Analyze collected data and maintain accurate monitoring and reporting of experimental set-up, protocols, results and research findings
•    Scientific Communication and Research Collaboration: Communicate with PI, collaborators and rest of lab regarding scientific progress and direction, assist in preparation of grant applications, reports, presentation and peer-reviewed journal publications

Qualifications & Requirements

•    Ph.D. in Life Science, Biomedical Science or related field with solid publication / preprint record
•    At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in laboratory and animal work
•    Bonus/Advantageous: Prior technical competency in metabolic profiling and/or end-point sampling and tissue collection
•    Excellent critical thinking, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with a rigorous approach to experimental controls, reproducibility, and data integrity
•    Excellent collaborative mindset with ability to multitask across multiple project streams and work both in teams and independently 
•    Highly motivated and willing to learn