Research Associate

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Job description

Title: Research Associate

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ

Start date: ASAP

Responsibilities:

• All aspects of in vivo drug discovery from measurement of food intake and body weights, dosing of animals (e.g. p.o., i.p., s.c., i.m.), to measurement of key variables including substrates and hormones.
• Responsible for tissue biochemical analyses as appropriate.
• Responsible for analyzing (using excel, a statistical package and powerpoint presentation software) and communicating the resulting data to the supervisor and larger research group.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology or related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience
• Perform in vivo physiology experiments with the goal of ameliorating fibrosis across organs with primary focus on lung and liver.
• Experience with in vivo measurement of metabolism and fibrosis markers, most specifically but not limited to lung and liver.
• An understanding of intermediary metabolism and fibrotic pathways
• Experience with tissue processing and biochemical analyses of tissue samples
• Experience with ex vivo tissue isolation, processing and analysis, including histology.
• Data recording and processing (Excel and graphic tools), and appropriate statistical background is required

Joule, a System One division is a leader in specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. With more than 6,000 employees and roughly 50 offices throughout the U.S. we provide scientific, clinical, engineering, energy, IT, legal and administrative staffing services. For more than 40 years, we have delivered workforce solutions and integrated services to clients nationally.