Associate Scientist, Target Discovery - Human Biology - Cellular Sciences

Position Summary:

Are you passionate about advancing science and making a meaningful impact on human health? As an Associate Scientist in Cellular Sciences, you will play a key role in driving discovery and development research to better understand cellular processes and mechanisms. This laboratory-based role role focuses on advancing large-scale functional genomics studies using iPSC-derived models to drive target discovery, validation, and pathway studies with a particular focus on neurodegenerative diseases. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining iPSC culture and performing iPSC-differentiation, fundamental to accelerating target identification and validation. Our Cellular Sciences team excels through collaboration with various research units and platform groups, fostering a dynamic environment that encourages cross-disciplinary projects, scientific rigor, and innovative problem-solving. Join us to grow your career while helping us achieve our mission of uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

This is a lab-based position with mandatory on-site presence at our Upper Providence location.

Responsibilities:

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Culture and differentiate iPSC-derived cells to enable large-scale functional genomic and bespoke disease modelling studies, with a particular focus on neurodegeneration

• Communicate experimental findings effectively, in written and verbal formats, to multiple internal and external stakeholders

• Ensure compliance with all GSK R&D data integrity practices, ethics codes, standards and training, and safety training and practices

• Work in a matrix team environment to enable optimal delivery of project and department objectives to the highest possible scientific standards

Why You?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelors in a life sciences discipline (e.g. cellular biology) with 2+ years of experience, or Masters in a life sciences discipline

• Experience with iPSC culture and differentiation

• Experience with cell and molecular biology techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience with programming or operating automated liquid handling systems

• Familiarity with other complex in vitro models including but not limited to organoids, spheroids, etc.

• Familiarity with inventory management or bioregistration systems

• Ability to independently analyze, summarize, and interpret experimental data and maintain records according to company policy

• Demonstrated strengths in high performance behaviours, such as building relationships, flexible thinking, and enabling/driving change

We encourage you to apply if you are excited about contributing to cutting-edge science and advancing your career in a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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