NY, United States of America
Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.
Position
This Senior Scientist 2, In Vivo Pharmacology will be working within the pharmacology team and supporting the analysis of animal and human tissues to understand target engagement, potential biomarkers and their relationship to efficacy in disease models. This position requires a person to be highly skilled in numerous molecular biology techniques including the development and execution of immunoassays, PCR techniques for gene expression analysis, flow cytometry and possibly immuno-histochemical techniques. An interest and desire to learn high resolution microscopy and single molecule tracking technology would be plus. The position reports to the VP of Pharmacology and interacts with numerous project teams of clinical, chemistry, biology and pharmacology scientists. This is an opportunity to significantly impact Eikon’s drug discovery pipeline and work in a fast-paced and highly energetic environment.
About You
You have a desire to contribute to a face paced, energetic, scientifically driven group. You are a highly skilled molecular biologist with experience working with whole tissues who is versatile and able to pivot between multiple techniques in a fast-paced environment. You have great communication skills and are able to describe you data to colleagues, management and project teams. You’re conscientious and with great attention to detail, documentation and organization are second nature. You are excited about being a foundational member of a rapidly growing team.
What You’ll Do
Qualifications
At Eikon, employee compensation also includes bonus and equity compensation, in addition to several generous benefit programs, including:
The expected salary range for this role is $155,000 to $169,100 depending on skills, competency, and the market demand for your expertise.
Eikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment.
In accordance with the Company’s duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace, the Company requires all employees to be Fully Vaccinated with one of the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines, which includes those vaccines that have received the FDA’s emergency use authorization. You will be expected to be Fully Vaccinated as of your Start Date. If you believe that you are exempt from this requirement under an applicable law or regulations, including Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, you will need to contact the Company’s Human Resources group. For purposes of this section, Fully Vaccinated means (i) the completion of the vaccination regimen as approved by the FDA (by way of example, 2 doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and 1 dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine), and (ii) timely receiving booster vaccination, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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