Job Description

Contractor opportunity for 3 months

Research Associate I - Sample Bank

About us: Arcus Biosciences is an exciting growth company founded on the vision of creating best-in-class cancer therapies. We are an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company leveraging its deep cross-discipline expertise to discover highly differentiated therapies and develop a broad portfolio of novel combinations addressing significant unmet needs.
We are located in the San Francisco Bay area, in the heart of the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest biotechnology research hub. Arcus is an ambitious undertaking, and we fully expect our company to become a force in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer. Our employees enjoy operating in an exceptionally dynamic and cooperative environment in which the \xe2\x80\x9crule book\xe2\x80\x9d has not yet been written.
Job Summary: Sample Bank is recruiting for a Research Associate to assist in small molecule compound management. Sample Bank is a group within Discovery Pharmacology that is responsible for the intake of registered compounds from our chemists, preparing them for testing in bioassays, and storing and retrieving the compounds. Sample bank interfaces with multiple groups across Arcus Research that are involved in the synthesis and testing of our small molecule compounds. We occasionally receive compounds from external sources that need to be processed and ship compounds to contract research organizations.
Job Responsibilities:

• Operating instruments for compound processing to support lead discovery and optimization efforts.
  • From powder handling, compound solubilization to assay-ready plate generation
  • Trouble-shooting the compound processing procedures
• Working with medicinal chemistry to perform compound QC
• Working with automation group to perform QC for instruments related to compound management
• Working with lead discovery and optimization group to designing compound workflow/schema and validating it with biochemical and/or cellular assays

• Dissolution of pre-weighed small molecule compounds into solvents (e.g., DMSO)
• Fulfilling requests from scientists for compound testing, including pipetting liquid compound solutions from vials for bioassays (manual and/or automated)
• Storing and retrieving compounds

• Handling routine laboratory work and labware/consumable management.

Qualifications (including knowledge & skills): Minimum education and experience level

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree with basic laboratory skills including pipetting and attention to detail

Preferred qualifications

• Proven basic laboratory skills, attention to detail, and appetite for new skills and automation/technologies
• Familiarity with liquid handling systems and laboratory automation would be a plus
• Experience with in vitro assays is a plus

Arcus Biosciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Arcus is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets

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