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Research Associate
Hologic
San Diego, CA, United States
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At Hologic, we’re an innovative medical technology company that enables healthier lives everywhere, every day. We are also a company that prospers and grows, which is why we’ve been able to expand our offerings to empower even more people and champion women’s health
What powers our growth across Breast & Skeletal Health, Diagnostics, GYN Surgical and Medical Aesthetics Solutions is also what differentiates us: the exceptional and clinically proven capacity of our products to detect, diagnose and treat illnesses and other health conditions earlier and better. This clinical superiority creates high expectations, which we fulfill by continually challenging ourselves to improve health through better technology, education and market access.
None of this would be possible without the talent and passion of our employees. Together, our expertise and dedication to developing and sharing more robust, science-based certainty drives our global presence and a promising pipeline that responds to the unmet health and wellness needs of women, families and communities.
While we focus on women’s health and well-being, we are committed to having an even broader benefit on the world. Together, we advocate for better health and wellness through solutions that provide ever greater certainty and peace of mind.
Role:
Hologic is seeking a Research Associate responsible for designing and performing experiments while collaborating and communicating effectively.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Performs moderately complex experiments with input from supervisor.
• Understands experimental goal and exhibits critical thinking skills when evaluating data.
• Able to summarize related groups of experiments. Provides input to the experimental design.
• Is able to analyze experimental data with minimal input from supervisor.
• Interprets experimental results in context of overall experimental goal.
• May provide input to follow up experiment designs
• May present data in group meetings.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively with peers and supervisors.
• Draft protocols and reports for verification and validation studies
• Experience with molecular biology techniques including nucleic acid extractions, PCR and sequencing is highly desirable
Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the basic knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:
• Demonstrate drive and commitment: shows reliability and commitment amongst manager and peers; exhibits focus and determination in tasks at hand; establishes support for objectives; drives and produces results
• Work efficiently and effectively: effectively manages time and priorities by focusing on highest priority tasks and working efficiently; effectively recovers from mistakes; completes projects on time
• Team membership: interacts in an team environment based on shared values; knows when and how to use a team approach to solve problems; seeks the contributions of all team members; shares credit with others
• Adapt and learn: works efficiently in situations involving ambiguity, shifting priorities and rapid change; demonstrates resilience and composure in difficult circumstances; deals constructively with mistakes and setbacks and learns from them; continually learns to grow and improve skills to meet organizational goals
Education:
• B.A./B.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.
Experience:
• 1-3 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience in academia or industry
• 1 year experience post M.S. without thesis.
• M.S. with thesis.
Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:
Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.
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