What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Associate Scientist/Scientist position at Viridian Therapeutics, Inc?
At Viridian, we work with a sense of urgency for patients, creating unity with our team, the industry, and the community. We are committed to using proven science and engineering to improve the lives of people living with serious and rare diseases and we are getting closer to achieving this goal every day.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Research, the Senior Associate Scientist/Scientist will be responsible for the development and execution of in-vitro functional and bioanalytical assays that support screening and characterization of Viridian’s discovery molecules (including monoclonal antibodies) and potential clinical candidates.
This is a lab-based position located in Viridian’s Boulder, CO facility. Our lab-based employees are required to work in the office five (5) days a week.
Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Develop, troubleshoot and execute functional and signal transduction cell-based assays to support discovery lead identification, characterization and mechanism of action of clinical candidates.
- Contribute to data analysis, visualization, and interpretation of experimental findings
- Read and interpret scientific literature pertaining to the biology and pathophysiology of therapeutic programs to propose innovative solutions to address biological questions.
- Clearly present data/ strategy to scientists and management in PowerPoint presentations
- Maintain scientific documentation in electronic laboratory notebooks and internal study reports
- Collaborate with and manage external CROs to augment internal efforts in assay development and lead screening
