Category: Life Science

Employment Type: Contract

Reference: BH-373941

Scientist II - In Vivo
Boehringer Ingelheim # 33066343
Ridgefield, CT- ON SITE
12 month W2 contract (with potential to extend or transition to perm)
Pay rate: $38-42/hour - Depending on Education and Experience
Responsibilities:

• Design, plan and execute experiments in a timely and independent manner leveraging scientific and technical expertise to achieve defined objectives.
• Independently initiate and complete routine in vivo study duties such as dosing by standard routes, identification, health monitoring and sample collection as well as tissue processing.
• Initiate and carry out assay development, optimization and validation as required.
• Utilize molecular techniques, tissue immunostaining and multi-color flow cytometry to aid in the understanding of drug mode of action.
• Work well in a highly matrixed environment and support multiple projects at the same time.
• Work independently with the capability to troubleshoot experimental procedures.

• Experience with animal handling, routine routes of injection, health monitoring, sample collection and tissue collection is required.
• Practical experience with general molecular biology techniques such as qPCR and nucleic acid extraction from tissues and cells is required.
• Ability to optimize and troubleshoot assays in the form of ELISA, Western blot or others is highly desirable.
• Practical experience with IHC/IF including downstream analysis is highly desirable.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution with three-plus (3 ) years of experience in related scientific discipline or
• Master's Degree from an accredited institution in related scientific discipline or equivalent experience in related field.

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401K Retirement Saving Plan
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Direct Deposit & weekly ePayroll
• Employee Discount Programs
• Referral Bonus Programs