Job Description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

We are looking for a highly motivated Associate Level Biologist with a diversified background in both in vivo and in vitro biology to join our discovery research team within the Biotherapeutic Enabling Biology in Biotechnology Discovery Research. We need a candidate who combines a passion to explore novel biology with a rationale based and hypothesis driven scientific approach. The successful candidate will join a highly interactive, collaborative, and innovative scientific team to discover and advance large molecule drugs to combat diseases in the diabetes, pain, neurodegenerative and auto-immune areas. The candidate will design and execute in vivo animal studies, in vitro cell based and biochemical assays, as well as participate in vivo imaging studies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design and independently execute in vivo animal studies including dosing, monitoring, necropsy, blood and tissue collection. Some animal studies may need to use surgical procedures
• Carry out cell based and biochemical assays including cell culture, RNA and protein isolation, ELISA, PCR, Western Blots.
• Participate in studies using microscopes to capture images from live animals or ex vivo tissues.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in molecular/cell biology, immunology, neuroscience, or related discipline.
• 1-3 years of experience in research on rodents and cell/molecular biology.

Additional Skills / Preferences

• Understanding and experience of in vivo studies using rodents including tissue dissection and processing.
• Knowledge and experience of using confocal microscope and imaging analysis.
• Strong cell biology background and experiences including, but not limited to, mammalian cell culture, quantitative cell-based assays, primary cell isolation, and transient and stable cell line generation. Experience with a wide range of laboratory techniques: ELISAs, Western blots, RNA isolation, and qPCR.
• Capable of independently planning and conducting experiments, generating data, interpreting results, and documenting the work.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Desire and ability to learn, adapt, and take on new challenges.
• Ability to work productively and to foster collaborations in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Experience with standard data analysis software (Microsoft Excel, Graphpad Prism).
• Experience with rodent disease models and small animal surgery techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in large molecule platforms for early phase drug discovery.
• Experiences on animal and human-derived 3D organoid culture.

Additional Information

• Location: Indianapolis, IN
• Travel: 0-10%

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