Clinical Research Scientist - I

Position: Clinical Research Scientist - I*
Type: Contract
Location: Foster City, California
Start Date: ASAP
Job Description:

Job Description:

Specific Responsibilities:
We are seeking a highly motivated, creative, and collaborative individual with a background in immunology, Virology and Molecular Biology with strong interests in investigating novel approaches to achieve functional cure for people living with HBV, HDV and so on.
The goal of our team is to rigorously test the most promising of these approaches so that we can rapidly advance them to the clinic and meaningfully improve treatment options for people living with HBV, HDV, HSV, etc.
Primary responsibilities will include: designing, validating and performing cell-based, biochemical, immunology and virology assays; construct and propagate mutant viruses; evaluating EC50 of selected drug candidates against mutant viruses; understanding MOA of lead compounds in clinical settings; interpreting results, proactively troubleshooting technical challenges and recommending potential solutions based on personal observations and/or literature searches. The work will be conducted in a highly interactive and collaborative multi-disciplinary scientific environment.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:
• Plans and executes experiments that support research activities and project goals.
• Demonstrates and applies a high level of understanding of project goals and methods.
• With general guidance and direction selects appropriate methods and techniques in performing experiments.
• Recommends creative solutions to problems, researches new methods and techniques and may proactively seek out senior personnel to discuss potential solutions to problems.
• Works with limited to minimal supervision on projects of moderate scope and complexity.
• Participates in group meetings.
• Clearly presents results of work, interprets data, and draws conclusions regarding presented material and nature of work.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
• Typically requires a BS/BA or MS degree in Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology or other related life science discipline and minimum 3+ years of relevant experience.
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in one or more of the following techniques: primary cell isolation and culture, ELISA/Luminex, molecular biology techniques such as RNA/DNA isolation, qPCR, cloning and virus production, immune cell functional assays, and multi-color FACS.
• The candidate should be a creative and goal-oriented problem solver capable of working independently.
• The candidate must be able to process data and evaluate data quality, including recognizing anomalous and inconsistent results.
• The candidate should have strong organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to work effectively in cross-functional teams.