Bioanalytical Chemist/Biochemist

CellOxess LLC: Job Advert for an Associate Scientists

Job title: Bioanalytical Chemist/Biochemist

Position in the company: Associate Scientist

Job description: Celloxess LLC is a privately held Delaware registered start up biotechnology with offices in Princeton area, NJ and Inglewood, CA.  The company’s objective is to develop diagnostics and treatment for diseases implicated in cell oxidative stress. The current focus is in the fertility field. The company has strong research ties with university departments and fertility centers in US, Europe and Australia. CellOxess is currently seeking a highly motivated scientist with good communication skills. Initially, the position requires the candidate to work at NYU Medical School in Manhattan, but relocating to Princeton area, NJ at a later time. The position offers the candidate an excellent opportunity for rapid career progression in a fast growing company.

The Role:

The successful candidate will work on designing, validating, troubleshooting, and performing bioanalytical assays to identify new chemical entities and biologics. Key areas of responsibility include the identification and implementation of new assay technology platforms and other approaches to improve our existing assays. Other responsibilities will include analysis of the content of biological fluids towards identification of novel biomarkers of cell oxidative stress. Literature searches, timely writing of reports and data presentations in team and dept. meetings will be required. Additionally, the ideal candidate will contribute to research projects, grant applications, technologies, publications, and generation of intellectual property or trade secrets by applying a broad range of scientific principles.  Experience with chromatography, Mass Spectrometry and NMR are highly desirable. Additional experience with natural product isolation while not required is an added plus.

Specific objectives:

·         Optimization and validation of assays according to current industry standards and regulatory guidelines.

·         Direct laboratory efforts for assay development, optimization, validation and analysis support for preclinical and clinical studies.

·         Provide comprehensive analytical expertise for isolation and identification of biomarkers of cell oxidative stress.

Responsibilities:

·         Analytical knowledge with applications and instrumentation in area of natural product isolation and identification.

·         Development and validation of complex new methods and assays focused on supporting clinical research in the areas of male and female fertility.

·         Ensures data delivery against aggressive timelines.

·         Exercises sound technical judgment to solve a wide range of scientific problems.

·         Recommends new and innovative solutions to problems utilizing a high degree of scientific creativity, independent thought and proficiency.

·         Ensures that laboratory notebooks are consistently updated, audited and well-maintained.

·         Creates SOPs (Standard Operation Protocol) for assaying samples and writes up assay reports.

·         Consults with clients, collaborators and colleagues to define/optimize projects

·         Applies feedback from clients, collaborators and internal colleagues to develop new products and robust assays that fill important unmet market needs

·         Research scientific literature and market needs and develop innovative solutions

·         Applies and interprets scientific theories, concepts, techniques, and regulatory requirements and accepts leadership role in developing scientific approaches.

·         Assist team members with review/modification/troubleshooting of experimental plans

·         Prepare high quality scientific reports for internal and external oral presentation

·         Writes grant applications

·         Participate in internal and external scientific seminars and training and network with external experts

Experience:

·         The ideal candidate will possess a PhD in one of the following disciplines; Biochemistry, Bioanalytical chemistry, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Toxicology or other pertinent areas of chemistry or biology, with 1-2 years of experience in assay development.

·         A knowledge of analytical and spectroscopic techniques such as HPLC, LC MS, NMR and Flow cytometry

Salary & Compensation Page   

·          The right candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package including share options. Salary will be based on the level of experience and expertise.