Website Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
Company : Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Imaging Scientist at Scientist I level to join our Immunology Department.
- The successful candidate, with a demonstrated ability to work in a matrix environment, will work to develop and support small animal imaging projects in Immunology.
- We work at the interface between engineering and biology, and the successful applicant will work hands-on with optical and SPECT/CT platforms as well as microscopy instruments and play a key role in optimizing and implementing multiplexed imaging protocols.
- This role is ideal for a candidate with a strong background in in vivo and ex vivo imaging techniques who is eager to contribute to the development and application of multi-modal imaging technologies to provide information to enable strategic decisions for Immunology portfolio.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of experience or master's degree with 2+ years of experience in Biomedical Imaging, Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related fields.
- Performs nuclear and optical imaging studies involving mainly, but not limited to, rodent models of disease or ex vivo samples.
- Develops, optimizes and implements nuclear imaging (SPECT/CT and radiometric assays) and optical (BLI/FLI) image acquisition and analysis protocols tailored to each study.
- Performs ex vivo procedures such as tissue fixation, sectioning, histology, and optical microscopy.
- Experience with animal handling; injections, anaesthesia, drug administration, and necropsy.
- In addition to educational requirement, minimum 2 years of experience in preclinical animal (rodent) imaging research, with focus on optical and nuclear pre-clinical imaging acquisition and analysis.
- Working with hazardous chemical, biological or radiological materials.
- Knowledge and understanding of statistical analysis.