TEMP - Associate Scientist, Translational Biology

Neurocrine Biosciences

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About The Position

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) seeks a talented scientist to join the Translational Biology team. The successful candidate will perform experiments and analyze data, especially rodent electroencephalography (EEG) studies related to neural circuit analysis to support drug discovery programs. In addition, this individual will run rodent behavioral assays to support programs in neuropsychiatry drug development to support target validation, lead optimization, translation, and understanding mechanisms of drug action.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in biological sciences preferably related to behavioral neuroscience, pharmacology or biopsychology and some experience with handling and dosing animals in a laboratory setting OR MS/MA degree in biological sciences preferably related to behavioral neuroscience, pharmacology or biopsychology and some experience with handling and dosing animals in a laboratory setting
• Small animal handling experience, including pharmacological dosing
• Tissue collection/dissection experience

Nice To Haves

• PhD Preferred
• Expertise in one or more of the following techniques: In vivo electrophysiology (including EEG, EMG, LFP, spikes etc), stereotaxic surgery, functional ultrasound imaging, rodent behavioral assays (especially those pertaining to psychiatry and neurology), Immunoassays (especially Luminex and MSD)
• Experience in programming (Matlab, C/C++ or Python)
• Communication skills including data plotting and presentation
• Assay development and troubleshooting

Responsibilities

• Supporting a range of activities, including in vivo and translational research
• Implementation and data collection of pharmaco-EEG experiments
• Small animal handling/dosing, drug formulation, and tissue collection
• Rodent survival surgery (stereotaxic) & behavioral experiments
• Interacting with other research areas within the company
• Aid in development of novel experimental approaches
• Conduct experiments independently on a schedule to meet required timelines
• Histology and imaging of slides
• Immunoassays and protein quantification
• This role is primarily focused on data collection, but may include analysis tasks for histological, timeseries, video or behavioral data

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees