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Gilead Sciences is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.
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Job Description
Summary
Gilead Sciences (Foster City, CA) is seeking a talented and highly motivated Research Scientist or senior research scientist to join our inflammation-biology group. Our collaborative and interdisciplinary research team utilizes state-of-the-art technologies and innovative methodologies to advance medicines into the clinic. The successful candidate is expected to lead discovery of novel immunotherapeutic agents to address unmet medical needs of inflammatory diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and inflammatory dermatosis. S/he will have opportunities for career growth through acquisition of new skills, experiences, and professional relationships in a fast-paced and resource-rich environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Drive discovery and translational research aimed at identifying and advancing novel therapeutics for inflammatory diseases.
* Independently design, conduct, analyze in vitro and in vivo experiments to support target validation and therapeutic hypothesis.
* Proactively evaluate new technologies and generate scientific hypothesis to enhance our understanding of disease mechanisms
* Manage multiple projects simultaneously and work cross-functionally with colleagues in the inflammation biology, protein engineering, chemistry, biomarker, bioinformatics, and clinical groups
* Presents research findings and recommendations to senior staff, prepare research reports and peer-reviewed manuscripts, and contribute to the preparation of INDs, and patent filings
Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Required:
* PhD degree in Immunology with postdoctoral and 2+ years research experience. Title to be adjusted commensurate with experience
* Experience and knowledge in immunology, adaptive immunity, T cell immunity, and/or autoimmune disease pathogenesis to design and perform high quality functional assays to target validation and/or therapeutic candidate optimization
* Demonstrated record of research productivity as evidenced by first authored publications in top tier immunology journals.
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