Scientist II - Adipocyte Cell Culture - Biopharma

About the Role

We are looking for a Scientist to join our client's pharmaceutical development team in South San Francisco. This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative, growing pharmaceutical research and development team.

Onsite: South San Francisco
Long-term contract: 1 year plus extension, potential contract to perm

Responsibilities

• Oversee the lab and the work of the associates
• Ensure programs are moving ahead smoothly
• Perform lab benchwork and office work
• Build assays to support studies focused on liver and obesity
• Documentation out of the lab, including bench notes according to good laboratory practices (GLP)

Required Qualifications & Skills

• MS or PhD plus 3-7 years of pharma/biotech industry experience
• Metabolic/Obesity Disease background with deep expertise in adipocyte cell culture
• Mammalian cells (not bacterial)
• Complex primary cell culture
• Obesity biology
• Microscopy (Columbus/Opera Phenix)
• Cell staining, iPSC, Western blots, ELISAs, HTRFs, absorbance readouts, qPCR
• Diverse technical skills
• GLP experience in small to mid-size biotech or pharma company

Nice to Have

• Led or significantly contributed to drug discovery program
• Program progressed to clinic