Scientist - Cancer Biology/HTS - Randstad

Position Description

Randstad USA is the 2nd largest employment service provider with more than 440 branch and onsite locations in the United States. We are currently working with a client in Cambridge, MA to find qualified candidates for two Scientist positions in cell based assay development/HTS group. This is a full-time, salaried, permanent position with our client. The client offers competitive benefit package. Salary is based on experience.

Job Responsibilities
We are seeking a Scientist to work in a Lead Discovery group to support drug discovery efforts for various therapeutic targets in the epigenetic field.

The scientist will develop, optimize, validate and execute biochemical and cellular assays to support small molecule drug discovery projects. Primary responsibilities include assay development, automation, and running of screening assays, and characterization of small molecule leads in support of structure activity relationship studies.

The scientist will be involved in all aspects of the screening process from compound management to reporting data. Additionally, the scientist may also participate in protein purification projects in order to supply enzymes and substrates for screening.

Qualifications
The position requires an enzymologist/biochemist/cell biologist with experience in biochemical and/or cell based assay development, in addition to HTS screening experience. A Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry/Chemistry/Biology with 4 years postdoctoral experience is required.

Please forward resume to yushen.chang@us.randstad.com for consideration. Thank you.

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