Summary
About the Role
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- A crucial role in the development of novel medicines for patients in a broad range of disease areas, including oncology, neuroscience, and cardiovascular disease
- Working with different therapeutic modalities such as small molecule drugs, siRNA, and biotherapeutics
- Collaborating with pharmacology teams to design and execute studies according to IACUC and Novartis guidelines
- Performing animal model studies and supporting ex vivo readouts
- Culturing cell lines and running in vitro assays to profile drug candidates
- Flexibility, adaptability and resilience to rapidly shifting priorities and timelines
- Diligence and tenacity optimizing and conducting complex in vivo and in vitro experiments concurrently to maximize output is critical
- Collaborating with other Novartis departments, external academic and business partners, and CROs to conduct research studies
What you’ll bring to the role:
- BS degree in Life Sciences Field, with 6-12 months bench research experience. Experience in a professional/industry (biotech, pharma) setting is highly desirable
- Proficiency in cell biology, qPCR, and ELISA-based assay methods
- Organized and independent self-starter and team-player with strong work ethics, community cohesion, values and behaviors
- Accountability from experimental execution and data analysis
- Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- Demonstrated experience working with mouse models is desirable
Desirable experience:
- Understanding of drug discovery optimization processes
- Enthusiasm to learn, courage and communication to work in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary, collaborative research environment
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers who are focused on building and advancing a culture of inclusion that values and celebrates individual differences, uniqueness, backgrounds and perspectives. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the world around us and connects us to the patients, customers and communities we serve.
Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodations
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