Merck & Co., Inc.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Metabolic Disease

Posted on: 19 Jan 2021

San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Job Description

Be a part of the legacy: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program

Our Research Laboratories Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program aims to be a best-in-industry program for industrial postdoctoral researchers, designed to provide you with an academic focus in a commercial environment. With the resources, reach, and expertise of a large pharmaceutical company, postdoctoral researchers will be positioned to excel in an institution committed to breakthrough innovation in research and discovery.

What You'll Be Doing:

You will be working on discovery projects in an industrial setting within our world-class research labs. The successful candidate will work in our state-of-the-art facilities in South San Francisco and employ appropriate in vitro and in vivo techniques to investigate the molecular mechanisms of metabolic disorders. While the research focus of the perspective postdoctoral fellow will be biological questions in basic science, the individual will also be exposed to the drug discovery process and gain knowledge in drug discovery.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

* The successful candidate is expected to be able to work productively in a collaborative and cross-functional team environment within and outside of the company.

* The individual is expected to show a high degree of independence and can design, plan, and execute experiments in the laboratory.

* The individual is expected to analyze experimental results with suitable statistical methods and interpret the results appropriately.

* The individual is expected to summarize experimental results for presentations at internal and external meetings and for publication in scientific journals.

What You Need:

* Candidates must currently hold a PhD OR receive a PhD by fall of 2021

* Experience in metabolism, immunology, fibrosis, or a related field

* Technical proficiency, scientific rigor, and productivity evidenced by publications in scientific journals

* Proven ability to solve complex problems by undertaking innovative approaches and applying advanced technologies

* Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to work as a team player

It's Great If You Have:

* Experience in one or more of the following areas: metabolic disease, fibrotic disease, lipid metabolism, lipidomics, and immunometabolism

* Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: common molecular biology techniques, cell culture and cell-based assays, rodent handling and experimentation

* Experience in working with large datasets and using appropriate software for data analysis

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we follow the science and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic/International

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

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Number of Openings:

1
Requisition ID:R91311

Merck & Co., Inc.

Kenilworth, NJ

Merck & Co., Inc. provides healthcare solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services, and Alliances. The company offers therapeutic and preventive agents to treat cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, chronic hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 infection, intra-abdominal, fungal infection, insomnia, and inflammatory diseases. It also provides neuromuscular blocking agents; cholesterol modifying medicines; and anti-bacterial and vaginal contraceptive products.

In addition, the company offers products to prevent chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting; treat non-small-cell lung, ovarian and breast, thyroid, and cervical cancer, as well as brain tumors; and prevent diseases caused by human papillomavirus, as well as offers vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, shingles, rotavirus gastroenteritis, and pneumococcal diseases.

Further, it provides antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs to treat infectious and respiratory diseases, fertility disorders, and pneumonia in cattle, bovine, and swine; vaccines for poultry; parasiticide for sea lice in salmon; and antibiotics and vaccines for fishes. Additionally, the company offers companion animal products, such as ointments; diabetes mellitus treatment and anthelmintic products; products to treat fleas and ticks in dogs and cats; fertility management products for horses; vaccines for dogs, cats, and horses; and products for protection against bites from fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, and sandflies.

It has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; and Intec Pharma Ltd. The company serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and entities, physicians, distributors, veterinarians, animal producers, and managed health care providers. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.

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