Postdoctoral Scholar- Neuropsychiatry Drug Discovery

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Career Programs

Job Sub Function:
Post Doc – Drug Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Category:
Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:
San Diego, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Scholar, Neuropsychiatry to join our Neuroscience Discovery group based in San Diego, CA, USA.

The successful candidate will lead efforts in conducting in vitro and ex vivo neuropharmacology studies to support Johnson & Johnson’s Neuropsychiatry Portfolio.

The candidate will perform molecular and cellular biology experiments and use induced pluripotent stem cell-derived multicellular cultures, primary cell cultures, rodent tissues, and other disease-relevant preclinical models to study the dysregulation of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission as it relates to neuropsychiatric disorders.

They will spend a majority of their time in the lab in these efforts, generating high quality results that will be essential in progressing our understanding of pathophysiology of selected neuropsychiatric disorders as well as progressing potential new drug candidate for their treatment.  

Major Duties & Responsibilities:


* Successfully designs and performs experiments, spending most of the time on lab work. 


* Accurately interpret complex datasets and effectively communicate results. 


* Integrates Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision-making. 


* Enters, reviews, and audits all information obtained in experiments to ensure that it is recorded and retained according to established procedures.


* Development, training, conferences, internal meetings & symposia 

Required Qualifications:


* PhD; Neuroscience


* Required Years of Related Experience: 0-1 


* Strong background in Neuroscience required; background in Neuropsychiatry and/or Drug Discovery preferred 


* Proficiency with a variety of molecular biology techniques, in vitro/ex vivo imaging techniques (immunohistochemistry, fluorescent in situ hybridization...).

Rodent central nervous system tissue extraction experience preferred. 


* Hands on experience in culturing and differentiating human iPSCs derived neurons. 


* Accurate interpretation of data and strong analytical skills. 


* Excellent planning and organizational skills.

Creative and strategic thinking.

Good communicat...