Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery

Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Scientist 1, Oncology | Drug Discovery, AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc., South San Francisco, CA: Onsite (onsite 5 days per week).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop & optimize complex bioassays & target-binding potency assays critical for development of complex biotherapeutics. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques to generate reliable and reproducible data in a timely manner.
• Develop new techniques, explore new approaches & technologies, perform troubleshooting & optimization experiments, & present your work to various cross-functional teams.
• Read and adapt scientific literature to accomplish assignments and demonstrate broad and versatile technical expertise within discipline.

  Qualifications

  Must possess a MS degree in biology, biochemistry, cell/molecular biology, pharmacology, &/or toxicology or a related field & 1 year working in an academic &/or industry setting as a development scientist.

  Of work experience required, must have 1 year:

  1. developing binding potency assays including ELISA, TR-FRET, Octet, flow cytometry, & other cell-based formats, to characterize & test protein therapeutics including monoclonal antibodies, ADCs, &/or other biologic modalities;
  2. independently designing and conducting critical experiments that further project goals;
  3. working in a matrixed organization within a cross-functional scientific environment within an oncology discovery research organization; &
  4. authoring technical reports, drafting SOPs, writing biology sections of regulatory filings, & giving scientific presentations to peers & management.

     Work experience may be gained concurrently.

     Pay Rate: $112,549 per year.

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