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Senior Research Associate, Preclinical Pharmacology

Nurix AI · Brisbane, California · On-site

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About Nurix AI

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About the role

Run in vivo studies that move Nurix's degrader programs toward the clinic. You'll execute mouse efficacy, PK/PD, and mechanism-of-action studies in oncology and inflammation models and generate the Western blot and flow cytometry data that show how our molecules work. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Join the Research – Preclinical Pharmacology team as a full-time, onsite, hands-on member, reporting to a Scientist / Principal Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacology
  • Execute PK/PD, tolerability, and efficacy studies in oncology xenograft/syngeneic models and in murine models of inflammation, under the direction of study leads
  • Prepare and formulate test articles and vehicles for dosing, monitor animal health, document observations, and escalate adverse events promptly
  • Perform necropsy and collect, process, and bank tissues and blood for downstream biomarker and pharmacodynamic analyses
  • Prepare tissue and cell lysates and perform Western blotting (including quantitative and automated capillary formats) to measure target degradation and pathway modulation
  • Develop, run, and analyze multi-color flow cytometry panels for immune and tumor-cell phenotyping from blood, spleen, tumor, and other tissues
More about this role

Run in vivo studies that move Nurix's degrader programs toward the clinic. You'll execute mouse efficacy, PK/PD, and mechanism-of-action studies in oncology and inflammation models and generate the Western blot and flow cytometry data that show how our molecules work.

The Opportunity

  • Join the Research – Preclinical Pharmacology team as a full-time, onsite, hands-on member, reporting to a Scientist / Principal Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacology
  • Perform mouse handling and in-life procedures, including dosing by oral (PO), intraperitoneal (IP), subcutaneous (SC), and intravenous (IV) routes, tumor cell implantation, tumor and body-weight measurements, and in-life and terminal blood collection
  • Execute PK/PD, tolerability, and efficacy studies in oncology xenograft/syngeneic models and in murine models of inflammation, under the direction of study leads
  • Prepare and formulate test articles and vehicles for dosing; monitor animal health, document observations, and escalate adverse events promptly
  • Perform necropsy and collect, process, and bank tissues and blood for downstream biomarker and pharmacodynamic analyses
  • Prepare tissue and cell lysates and perform Western blotting...

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Preclinical Pharmacology

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