丹麦大哥本哈根地区肝病研究的体内药剂师职位

We are seeking a talented and innovative Scientist to be part of Novo Nordisk, the world leader in diabetes care with high employee commitment and satisfaction.

About the department
Liver Disease Research is a cross-disciplinary department in Global Research, Novo Nordisk, dedicated to research within chronic liver disease, in particular Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). As part of Novo Nordisk’s new strategy within chronic diseases, this department has a focus towards building a research platform, target identification, validation and pre-clinical progression of new treatment options within NASH. Currently, the department consists of 14 employees of which 7 are technical staff. We work in a flexible, collaborative, and cross-functional setting, while keeping focus on quality and goals in an informal environment.

The position
The candidate will be expected to contribute to innovation by identifying and exploring new therapeutic agents to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Your key scientific responsibilities will be to pro-actively design, coordinate, and report pharmacological studies in rodents for target validation and drug efficacy. Part of your job will be guiding 1-2 laboratory technicians on a daily basis as well as conducting early stage research at external contract research organisations. With your expertise within inflammation and fibrosis, you will be further strengthening our experimental research platform with novel, state-of-the-art in vivo and ex vivo approaches. Maintaining a broad scientific network is a key to success and you are expected to foster and sustain the necessary external collaborations.

Qualifications
You hold a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology, Biological sciences, or closely related disciplines. You have hands-on experience conducting in vivo pharmacology studies and have a proven scientific track-record and a thorough understanding of inflammation and fibrosis, and preferentially liver pathophysiology. Knowledge of the metabolic syndrome is a plus. You have at least 3-5 years of post-doctoral experience ideally within pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.

You are a self-motivated team player with strong communication skills as you will be responsible for appropriate reporting and communication of scientific results. You are quality-minded and live up to our high ethical standards, and have a flexible attitude and the ability to change focus as required by the projects. You are goal oriented with a focus on moving projects and have strong analytical skills including proficiency with data and statistical analysis. Furthermore, a solid international scientific network as well as holding an international PhD., post doc or work experience is an advantage.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is the leading pharmaceutical company within diabetes, located in the outskirts of Copenhagen. The department is part of Global Research, which specialises in the discovery of biological medicines for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, haemophilia, chronic liver and cardiovascular diseases. We always strive for excellence and continuously develop our expertise to stay ahead both as a company and as individuals. We believe that innovation and creativity thrive in a healthy and engaging working environment. Therefore, we give you the opportunity to bring your personal ambition and passion to work to improve the quality of life of the patients.

Contact
For further information, please contact Markus Latta at +45 3075 5983.

Deadline
27 November 2017.