Co-Op - Discovery Cardiovascular (Spring 2025) - Bristol Myers Squibb

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Position Summary

The Immunology and Cardiovascular Thematic Research Center (ICV TRC) is focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics to treat immunological and cardiovascular diseases. The Cardiovascular Discovery group within the ICV-TRC seeks to understand disease pathophysiology to enable target identification that will allow the discovery of novel therapeutics for patients with cardiovascular diseases.

BMS seeks a highly motivated, creative, and collaborative Molecular and/or Cellular Biologist to join our Cardiovascular Discovery group. This person will support research efforts to discover and develop novel therapies for the treatment of serious cardiovascular disease, including genetic cardiomyopathies and heart failure. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with teams in Cell Biology, Biochemistry/Biophysics, Lead Discovery and Optimization (LDO) among others to support BMS’s Cardiovascular Research and Early Discovery efforts. Research will be aimed at establishment and validation of cellular models for novel therapeutic targets, and development of cellular assays for screening therapeutics. The candidate will be a highly motivated individual with extensive experience in iPSC handling and cardiomyogenic differentiation, molecular and cellular biology techniques, gene expression modulation and cellular assay development. Previous experience with engineered heart tissue (EHT) formation and screening methodologies will be highly desirable. This position provides the exciting opportunity to be a part of and grow with a key discovery function within the CV Discovery group.

Key Responsibilities

• Work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams to advance state-of-the-art molecular techniques for disease mechanisms and drug development research.
• Demonstrate technical proficiency, scientific creativity, and independent thought in suggesting experimental design and research strategy.
• Broad range of molecular and cellular biology methods to interrogate and validate iPSC disease models and novel therapeutic targets/hypotheses.
• Support iPSC-CM differentiation and manufacturing towards generating disease models and supporting screening campaigns.
• Work closely with our discovery biology and LDO teams to develop and optimize cell-based biological and validation assays.
• Support development of EHTs from various iPSC-CM disease lines towards generating of appropriate CV disease models.
• Ability to stay current with scientific literature and technologies and interpret literature results in light of new findings.
• Prepare reports, publications and present to cross-functional teams and senior management.

Qualifications & Experience

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+years of academic or industry experience or
• Master’s Degree with 3+ years of academic or industry experience or
• PhD and No years of experience
• Must be available to work from January 2025 to June 2025

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive hands-on experience in cell biology and cellular assays including iPSC maintenance and cardiogenic differentiation is required
• Documented experience with methodologies for functional assessment of iPSC-CMs (contractility, electrophysiology, metabolic properties, and other) is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with development and application of EHTs for CV disease modeling using healthy and mutant iPSC lines is highly desirable
• Strong experience with cellular and molecular biology methodologies including cytotoxicity assays, gene expression analysis, RNAi technologies, immunocytochemistry is needed.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $27.00/hour - $43.00/hour. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and the geographic location where work is performed. Final individual compensation is decided commensurate with demonstrated experience and education level.

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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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