Staff Scientist

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/15/2023 CLOSED ON 11/19/2023

Job Posting for Staff Scientist at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Summary:

The Staff Scientist will be working in the Chavez lab and will be learning new technologies, as well as applying existing knowledge to procedures and bench-work.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Determines methods and procedures on new assignments or day-to-day work
  • Keeps written records of experiments and data organization
  • Troubleshoots problems and develops solutions to technical problems of moderate to high scope using independent thinking, literature, and colleagues as resources to solve problems
  • Provides interpretation and analysis of results
  • Maintains various reagent collections, and inventories
  • Coordinates with oncologists, surgeons, and pathologists to obtain tissue from surgery.
  • Uses tissue for molecular and cellular analysis, including sequencing, immunostaining, flow cytometry, and high-throughput drug screening.
  • Works with computational biologists to analyze data and identifies biomarkers of drug responsiveness.
  • Generates xenograft models that can be used for preclinical studies of targeted therapy and immunotherapy.

Education and/or Experience:

  • Ph.D. or other advanced degree in a biological science or related field and three years’ post-Ph.D. or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been attained is required

Other Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to conduct and publish research projects

• Work independently as well as in a team environment

• Be responsible and have strong time management skills

• Able to analyze and resolve issues of moderate complexity

• Possess strong attention to detail and organizational skills

• Demonstrate professional communication and interpersonal skills

• Professional proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Embody the Institute’s core values of Commitment, Collaboration, Communication, Community and Compassion

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Yes, this position oversees other individuals.

Compensation:

The expected compensation for this position is between $75,000-90,000/year commensurate with experience.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is an Equal Opportunity employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability – committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected status as designated by federal, state or local law. For additional information about your rights as an applicant, click HERE.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability – committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals.

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