RESEARCH SCIENTIST II– BIOCHEMICAL ASSAY DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING (HTS) in Buffalo, NY

Curia provides global contract research and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. 

Join a team of highly skilled scientist and work in a fast- paced customer focused environment to conduct research in support of discovering and advancing new drug candidates. Build on your education and experience by developing practical knowledge and skills under the mentorship of skilled scientist and learn to operate state of the art instrumentation for 384 and 1536 well plate-based assays using a wide variety of detection techniques from simple absorbance or time resolved fluorescence to RapidFire solid phase extraction mass spectrometry for enzymatic, cellular and biomolecule interaction binding assay such as Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR/Biacore).

Principal responsibilities may include the development and characterization of biochemical or cellular assays for testing of natural product and synthetic samples; automation of assays and high throughput screening; potency and selectivity testing; analysis and interpretation of assay development, high throughput screening and potency data. A major component in the scientist's performance rating will be based on productivity, teamwork and cooperation.

We proudly offer

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) 
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities 
• Education reimbursement
• 401k program
• Learning platform
• And more! 

In this role, you will:

 Contribute to pre-clinical Drug Discovery research projects.

• Conduct assays development and validation for bioactivity screening and their transfer to robotic systems for high throughput screening with limited supervision.
• Develop and test automated procedures for high throughput and secondary screening of sample collections and generation of high quality screening data.
• Assist in the analysis, interpretation and presentation to customers the results of assay development experiments, screening and potency testing.
• Develop and effectively apply a broad spectrum of practical laboratory skills; including molecular biology, cell culture, biochemistry, assay development, in depth analysis of bioactivity data and the use of automated equipment.
• Effectively utilize standard laboratory equipment including hand pipettes, balances, pH meters, plate readers and calculators.

Education and/or Experience

Required

• Bachelors or Master’s degree with a major in Biology or Biochemistry, or equivalent industrial experience
• 2 Years academic laboratory experience conducting molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, assay development and validation.
• Computer training in the use of standard office software applications and databases

• Master’s degree in Biology or Biochemistry and 2 years of industrial laboratory experience related to pre-clinical drug discovery research.

Pay Range: $62,000/yr.

 Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

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 All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.

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