What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist position at The Fountain Group?
Currently I have an opening for a Scientist located in Cambridge, MA. Details for the position are as follows:
Job Description:
- Design and implement experiments to screen for drug candidates, and to address mechanisms-of-action of therapeutic molecules.
- Perform complex cell-based functional experiments independently and act as a subject matter expert (SME) for drug discovery in the Cell therapy and Immuno-Oncology/Immuno Therapy.
- Provide broad assay development support for early-stage drug discovery projects in disease areas of the Cell therapy and Immuno-Oncology/Immuno Therapy
- Design, execute and validate a variety of assays to understand mechanism of action and characterize different biologics (e.g., mAb, T cell engagers) and cell therapy new modalities (e.g., CAR-T, CAR-NK)
- Collaborate with automation engineers to identify suitable approaches to utilize laboratory automation for the execution of variable cell-based assays.
- CAR T/NK generation (transduction and expansion) and functional evaluation of CAR expression, phenotyping, cytokine detection and killing potency in vitro.
- Spend ~ 85% of time in laboratory to maintain and implement cell-based assay platform and perform experiments.
- Recent PhD, Masters with 2 , or Bachelors with 5 years of experience in tissue, NK, or T-cell culturing and research focusing on immunology or oncology. Proficiency in immune cell phenotyping (surface/intracellular), cytokine detection (multi-color flow cytometry, Luminex, MSD), cytotoxicity assay and High content imaging (Opera Phenix) or other functional assays.
Technical Information:
- Pay: $45-51 hourly, depending on experience level
- Onsite, M-F, 8am-5pm
- 6-month contract with potential for extension
Salary : $45 - $51
