Research Associate, Immunology Bioscience

Research Associate Bioscience Immunology, Early Respiratory and Immunology

Location: Waltham, MD

AstraZeneca is a global, science-driven biopharmaceutical company. We are dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative, meaningful medicines and healthcare solutions that enrich the lives of patients. The vision of AstraZeneca Early Respiratory & Immunology (Early R&I) is centered on delivering life-changing products that advance world health and help fight and cure disease. Early R&I is one of three main therapeutic research areas within AstraZeneca that deliver candidate drugs into late-stage clinical development. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives every day.

As a part of a growing Immunology Bioscience team within the Early R&I department, we are seeking a highly motivated scientist with diverse laboratory skills to join our collaborative team. This candidate would ideally have experience in immunology or related disciplines such as biology, biomedical engineering, virology, genetics or microbiology. This is a lab-based position. The role will be based in Waltham, Massachusetts within AstraZeneca’s state-of-the-art labs where you will follow the science to help drive innovation and advance medicine to help improve patient lives.

In this role, you would be expected to demonstrate a high level of enthusiasm for innovative scientific research leading to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics. Expertise in primary cell culture and immune assay development is essential while other skills such as flow cytometry, multiplex cytokine read-outs, qPCR and in vitro / ex vivo culture of immune cells is strongly preferred.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

This job is a lab-based research role, and the work will predominantly involve human in vitro systems, working with primary and disease tissue-derived cells. Knowledge and experience of in vivo science is a bonus.

• You will be involved in the development and optimization of new biological assays
• Publication of your work in high impact journals
• You will focus your research on characterizing novel immunological pathways in health and disease to aid target validation and drug projects
• You will benefit from daily interaction and collaboration with highly accomplished scientists in the field of drug discovery
• Encouragement and support will be provided to help the individual develop specialist knowledge and skill sets

Requirements

• Strong hands-on skills in biological lab techniques such as primary cell cultures, human PBMC isolation, multi-panel flow cytometry, qPCR, ELISA, Western blot, MSD, Luminex, etc.
• Highly organized, and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
• Strong work ethic, with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in biology, immunology or relevant discipline. Prior industry experience is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex scientific problems

This position is located in Waltham, MA.

What does the Waltham site have to offer?

• Outdoor sports area including a sand volleyball court, frisbee golf course and walking trails on campus
• BioHub socials twice a month on campus
• Modern 64-acre campus nestled in 200+acres of nature conservation land and hikind trails
• Expanded café with multiple dining options and outdoor seating
• Sustainable operations which help supply 50% of the power to the labs on campus
• Onsite business & meeting center, ofice, AV and catering support
• Flexible, agile lab design with co-located write-up space
• Free and plentiful parking including a covered parking garage and electric car charging ports

The AstraZeneca site is also located close to the thriving life sciences community in the Boston/Cambridge area, providing AstraZeneca employees with the opportunity to collaborate with global leaders in Pharma, biotech, universities and hospitals and access to the latest innovation.

Benefits:

AstraZeneca is a leading company in the healthcare industry, with a mission to enrich the lives of others. It’s our business to support healthy living, not only for our patients, but also for our employees. Our benefits program is flexible enough to meet employees’ varying needs, offers valuable choices, and is highly competitive.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.

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