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FAST FORWARD TO YOUR GROWTH

As part of Battelle's Health and Life Sciences Global Business, you will touch every aspect of human health. We deliver far reaching solutions to some of the world's most pressing health challenges – from developing medical products that change individual lives to pharmaceuticals that address potentially devastating health conditions on a global scale. Battelle supports your career by offering you the opportunity and resources to solve the most critical health problems, breakthrough technology developments, mentorship opportunities, upward mobility, and company ethics and reputation. Are you ready to Fast Forward To Your Growth?

Our Health and Life Sciences division has an exciting opening for a Postdoctoral Pharmacology Researcher to study how pharmacokinetics and ADME properties are affected by the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles using techniques including accelerator mass spectrometry. As a Postdoc under the Battelle Center for Fundamental and Applied Systems Toxicology (B-FAST) you will be involved in collaborative research with scientists from Battelle and several of the National Laboratories we manage/co-manage, and potentially with other members of the public and private sectors. We envision our collaboration to result in the development of the science and tools that will transform the way safety science and toxicology testing are practiced today.

Postdoc Researcher - Position Overview

The successful candidate will work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as part of a highly multidisciplinary team involving several National Laboratories and Battelle. The position will give the candidate the opportunity to utilize unique capabilities across these institutions as well as the experience of visiting these facilities. The candidate will apply scientific expertise and skills in Good Laboratory Practice, principles of pharmacology and toxicology (including drug delivery), study design and the nuances of protocol execution. There will also be a chance to learn cell culture techniques, genomic analysis, tracer kinetic modeling, and multimodality image analysis including Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). The Candidate will be expected to prepare reports and present data at weekly team meetings, as well as national and international scientific conferences. The candidate will also contribute to writing manuscripts for publication and proposals for external funding opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in the use of advanced technologies in toxicology and pharmacology. Primary research for this position will take place at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory campus, located in Livermore, CA. LLNL is operated by Battelle for the US Department of Energy.

THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION:
• Recent PhD in a relevant scientific field i.e., pharmacology, toxicology, biochemistry, chemistry
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with various animal models with demonstrated ability to innovate research models
• Prior experience conducting protocol driven research in biologic matrices
• Experience working effectively in an interactive, matrixed environment, working with toxicologists, physiologists and chemists toward a common endpoint
• Proven ability to assimilate information quickly and apply knowledge to a broad array of novel situations

THE FOLLOWING IS DESIRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION:
• Experience with radiolabeled compounds
• Experience small animal surgery, small animal imaging with PET and/or MRI
• Knowledge of good laboratory practice (GLP)
• Prior experience with drug delivery

Battelle is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation. For more information about our other openings, please visit www.battelle.org/careers.

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www.battelle.org/careers
Requisition number: 18273

Internal Job Code: 18273

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