Scientist, Pathology

About the role

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Scientist What You Will Do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen is seeking a Scientist to join the Pathology Laboratory within the Translational Safety & Risk Sciences (TSRS) Department in South San Francisco, California. The Scientist will develop and apply tissue-based assays, including multiplex assays and digital image analysis, to support target expression studies, preclinical model development, pharmacodynamics, efficacy, and biomarker discovery.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, validate, and standardize histopathology assays using FFPE samples, including single-plex and multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) in colorimetric and immunofluorescent formats.
• Use imaging modalities and digital pathology tools to generate, analyze, and interpret tissue-based data for target qualification, pharmacodynamic and efficacy assessments, and biomarker development.
• Collaborate with pathologists, research investigators, and translational teams to deliver high-quality