Scientist Iii, Study Conduct
CurrentAnalyst for nonclinical drug transport and drug interaction studies in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLP) of the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and/or the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the MHLW (Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). Job responsibilities include designing and conducting in vitro drug transport, drug inhibition, drug metabolism, qPCR assays in correspondence with Study Protocols and Standard Operating… Show more Analyst for nonclinical drug transport and drug interaction studies in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice Standards (GLP) of the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and/or the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the MHLW (Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). Job responsibilities include designing and conducting in vitro drug transport, drug inhibition, drug metabolism, qPCR assays in correspondence with Study Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with a focus in custom study design. Studies include assessment of inhibition and substrate efflux, uptake, and vesicle assays utilizing various immortalized cell lines (HEK293, MDCKII, Caco-2, and Fa2N-4), the harvest of RNA from cultured hepatocytes, RNA isolation, and reverse transcription, through qPCR, Cytochrome P450 Reaction Phenotyping, Metabolite Characterization, Metabolic Stability, Red Blood Cell Partitioning, and IC50 determination in various test systems (subcellular fractions, suspended hepatocytes). Other job responsibilities include conducting routine and non-routine laboratory functions and maintenance, focused research and development projects, perform data processing and verification, maintain accurate records and logs, and respond to in-house Quality Assurance audit reports, write and review SOPs, creating and improving training methodologies, training of new analysts on laboratory procedures. Proficient in the use of liquid scintillation counters, Synergy plate readers, Microbeta2 plate readers, Tecans, KingFisher Flex, Nanodrop, and AB 7900HT. Show less