Senior Associate Scientist, Immunology - Leukocyte-Tissue Interface

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer's purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer's purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.

What You Will Achieve

The Leukocyte-Tissue Interface (LTI) group is part of our Inflammation & Immunology area and is looking for a Senior Associate Scientist at the BS/MS level to join a discovery group developing a cutting-edge, collaborative research program on the interactions of parenchymal a nd stromal cells with resident and infiltrating leukocytes. T his position is primarily focused in projects impacting the Oncology and Inflammation & Immunology Research Units but may also work on collaborations with the Rare Disease and Internal Medicine Units .

The Senior Associate Scientist will support a cross-disciplinary team of scientists focusing on inflammation and immuno-oncology. The team collaborates across research units to develop novel therapeutics at the intersection between immunology and these respective disciplines. The colleague will conduct experiments to effectively and rapidly advance the biologic foundation in breaking areas of science, collaborate with others to employ cutting edge technologies including high-parameter flow cytometry, optical microscopy, high content screening, systems immunology, and single cell RNA techniques.

How You Will Achieve It

• Assist in executing experiments to generate primary data from diseased tissues, sourced from experimental animal models and biopsies obtained from patients.
• Aid senior-level scientists in the group develop and maintain cell-culture models of relevant diseases.
• Ensure scientific excellence in the execution of experiments in the context of applied research.
• Guarantee that data generation, analysis, and retention is handled in a compliant manner ensuring the highest quality and integrity of findings.
• Support the basic science effort at Pfizer by delivering quality datasets to assist in the development new portfolio programs.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• B.S. Degree and a t least 2 years of relevant research experience in discovery science or M.S. Degree with relevant laboratory experience
• Working knowledge of medical issues, immunology and inflammation.
• Record of delivering quality datasets that empower the generation of new programs.
• Established history of working well in a team environment and collaborating with other scientists to complement individual areas of expertise with partner capabilities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to disseminate scientific findings in a concise manner to the group.

Nice-to-Have

• 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical R&D.
• Experience with key techniques and protocols such as tissue sectioning, histology, imaging, nucleic acid isolation, flow cytometry, qPCR, and ELISAs.
• Ability to adapt quickly and triage new targets that arise from ongoing discovery efforts in the group.
• Willingness and ability to learn and apply new techniques.

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