Scientist Bioscience - Gaithersburg, MD, United States - eTeam Inc

Description

*NIT1*About the company

eTeam was formed in 1999 with the goal of becoming the company of choice for clients, talent and staffing professionals.

Today, we're one of the fastest-growing global companies and ranked as one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts.

We aspire everyday to do quality work for our clients and help our talent work at some of the most amazing companies.

*Title: Scientist Bioscience

*Duration: 8 months

*Location :Gaithersburg, MD, 20878**Pay rate: $50 to $58/hr on w2

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Of Positions: 01*Description:lab-based scientist who has real-life experience with:1. human (not mouse) primary immune cell isolation, handling and in vitro culturing
2. functional assays (cell proliferation, migration, activation - any kind)

*Scientist, Bioscience Immunology, Early Respiratory and Immunology (level C)
Our expanding Bioscience Immunology group at client looking for an experienced lab-based Scientist. The candidate will help support development of novel therapies from concept to preclinical work.

This drug discovery research position will support and collaborate with a research team to identify and validate disease-modifying molecular targets and support the progression of drug development projects to clinic.

Areas of primary disease interest include gastro- and rheumatological immune diseases. Areas of research biology interest include understanding of myeloid/T cell/B cell autoimmune regulation, tissue damage/repair and autoimmune disease modeling.

*Location: Gaithersburg, MD**Main Duties and Responsibilities*As a Scientist you will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of client Bioscience Immunology drug discovery pipeline. You will conduct hands-on primary cell culturing, immune functional assays and phenotyping. You will manipulate and characterize immune primary cells and cell lines, design and conduct laboratory experiments, develop methodology, generate, and interpret scientific data, and communicate results to manager and team members. It is also expected that at the Scientist level you maintain level of expertise through evaluation of scientific literature and apply and interprets principles, theories, concepts and techniques in immunology and drug discovery field.

Essential Skills:

• PhD degree with 01 years of working experience, or master's degree plus 23 years of experience in Immunology or related discipline.
• Strong handson skills in in vitro immunology, including immune cell isolation, culture and functional assays, basic biochemical and molecular techniques, including quantification of mRNA (qPCR) and protein expression, ELISA, Western Blotting, and Flow Cytometry assays.
• Ability to plan your time effectively and efficiently.
• Ability of multitask.
• Selfmotivated and highly organized, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team to conduct a highlevel research project.
• Attention to detail and excellent ability to summarize, record, and present research findings
• High level of enthusiasm for innovative scientific research leading to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics.

Desirable Skills:

• A research background in human immunology, immunemediated diseases (for example lupus, arthritis, intestinal bowel disease), and translational approaches to understanding basic biological mechanisms in disease is highly desired.
• Biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred.

Job Type:
Contract


Pay:
$ $58.00 per hour


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location:
In person