Associate Scientist / Sr. Associate Scientist (Biology) (4)

Arvinas is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing new small molecules ‒ known as PROTACs (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras) ‒ aimed at degrading disease-causing cellular proteins via proteolysis. Based on innovative research conducted at Yale University by Dr. Craig Crews, Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor, the company is translating natural protein degradation approaches into novel drugs for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. The proprietary PROTAC-based drug paradigm induces protein degradation, rather than protein inhibition, using the ubiquitin proteasome system and offers the advantage of potentially targeting “undruggable” as well as “druggable” elements of the proteome. This greatly expands the ability to create drugs for many new, previously unapproachable targets. 

Education and Training

• BS/MS with 8+ years of Pharma/Biotech drug discovery experience

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Innovative, independent, motivated and productive problem solver with excellent communication skills who also works effectively in a team setting
• Strength in experimental design, execution, and data analysis
• Organized, goal-oriented and timeline-conscious
• Strength in leveraging multiple assay platforms for measuring target engagement, pathway modulation and cell sensitivity in response to compounds or target modulation
• Experience in design, QC and execution of medium- to high- throughput 96/384 well assay formats, such as ELISA, quantitative Western, cell viability/death
• Molecular techniques: cloning, PCR, RT-PCR, cell line engineering
• Protein expression and purification

Experience in utilizing compounds and molecular target manipulation (e.g. RNAi) to dissect target function and dependency

Location

New Haven, CT

Please send CV and cover letter to: careers@arvinas.com.