Associate Scientist

2 weeks ago


Burnaby, Canada Qu Biologics Full time

**TITLE**

Associate Scientist - Preclinical & Translational Research (PTR)

**TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT**

This is a full-time position (1.0 FTE)

**COMPANY PROFILE**

Qu Biologics is a private, Phase 2 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Vancouver, BC, developing a transformative immunotherapy platform, Site Specific Immunomodulators (SSIs), designed to restore effective immune function and reverse immune dysregulation underlying many conditions including cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases.

**IS QU FOR YOU?**

Love doing something that you can feel passionate about? Excited by innovation? Love new ideas and working with a creative, fun, and inspired team? Want to make a difference in the world and work with people who feel the same? Then this is for you
- You are well-organized, understand the importance of detail, and can multi-task and prioritize duties effectively
- You understand the importance of identifying and overcoming rate-limiting steps to ensure that projects are moving forward as quickly as possible, without sacrificing quality
- You are innovative, practical, and enjoy finding the most efficient and cost-effective solutions to real-world problems
- You value respectful, open communication and inspired teamwork to achieve shared goals
- You are curious about how things work

Specific duties and responsibilities will include:

- Follow aseptic technique for carrying out cell culture-based assays
- Maintain mammalian cell lines in culture
- Follow existing protocols to measure immune responses to different stimuli in donor blood samples
- Assist in the development of assays for quantification of the biological activity of drug product(s)
- Establish qPCR protocols for primary and cultured immune cells
- Characterize cells by flow cytometry
- Processing blood and tissue samples for cell separation
- Preparation of study protocols, SOPs and study reports in accordance with industry formats
- Lab operational tasks including ordering, inventory, shipping, lab safety, equipment maintenance/calibration

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Experience working with mammalian cell cultures, ELISAs and _in vitro_-based assay methods for measuring immune activation
- Experience working with human whole blood and isolation of PBMCs
- Demonstrated experience in qPCR methodology including RNA isolation, quantification and primer design
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of flow cytometry
- Antibody staining procedures with immune cell populations and flow cytometer acquisition/analysis to generate SOPs and to establish expression profile studies
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills, meticulous record keeping and highly organized
- Statistical skills for analyzing experimental outcomes are desirable
- Prior experience or training in immunology lab-based research/biotech or equivalent experience. BSc or MSc preferred.

Please note the general work hours are Monday to Friday, (8:30 am to 5 pm) but there may be need for the occasional late evening and weekend hours, as typical in a research lab environment.

**LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS**

Fluent English

**DESIRED START DATE**

As soon as possible.

**COMPENSATION**

Salary commensurate with experience. Three (3) weeks annual vacation.

**COMPANY & LOCATION OF WORK**

Qu Biologics Inc.

4475 Wayburne Drive, Suite 305

Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 4X4 Canada

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