Career Opportunities
Mass Spectrometry Associate for Projects in Cardiovascular and Metabolism - Cambridge, MA
Description
The position of Mass Spectrometry Associate is available in the Novartis Cardiovascular and Metabolism Department, located in Cambridge, MA. The successful candidate will work as a member of an Analytics Unit supporting drug discovery targets in the Cardiovascular and Metabolism portfolio. The candidate will work as part of a mass spectrometry group with a major focus on lipids, including developing methods and processing samples for measuring lipids and related species extracted from tissue, plasma and cell cultures. Innovation and strong analytical tools in chromatography and mass spectrometry are required. The successful candidate will be expected to interact with scientists from the enzymology and pharmacology areas as part of project teams within Cardiovascular and Metabolism.
Responsibilities include:
- development and implementation of methods for the quantitation of analytes
- processing samples and providing data to project teams
- collaborating with associates and scientists on extraction procedures for analyte measurements by mass spectrometry and
- processing data and summarizing for presentation to teams to support project decisions.
Expertise
Successful candidate will have minimally a BSc degree in the appropriate scientific area, with at least 2-3 years experience of extraction of low molecular weight analytes from plasma and/or tissues and developing LC and/or LC/MS methods to undertake their analysis. Experience with lipids measurement is preferred, but not essential.
Contact
To apply please go to www.novartis.com/careers/job-search/brassring/usa.shtml, select "search openings" and type "57100BR" in the JOB ID Field. Please reference the GBMSDG in your cover letter.
