Senior Biological Research Scientist I

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Envision working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders. Now, place yourself in that mix, leading discussions, asking the right questions, and driving results.  AbbVie is always striving to find top scientists to work at our Irvine, CA site

What your manager wants you to know:
“I’m looking for a team player with experience modeling disease through complex in vitro methods to join our Ophthalmology Discovery Research group.  If you want to be part of a team committed to tackling challenging scientific problems to discover new medicines for vision-threatening diseases and enjoy collaboration and critical thinking, I would be very interested in receiving your resume.  Let’s discuss what you can bring to the team and how the team might help you achieve your goals for the future.”

The successful candidate will lead and contribute to the implementation of strategies for the discovery and validation of targets in ophthalmology. You will participate in a team of scientists to lead various activities, including target identification/validation and drug discovery using in vitro, in vivo, or omics methodologies to evaluate pharmacology in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders/experts. Emphasis is on the ability to perform hands-on work successfully, demonstrate scientific leadership skills, and interact in a team environment. The candidate will be responsible for setting up glial cell models to ID and validate targets for retinal diseases.   Prior experience in ophthalmology, neuroscience, cell-based phenotypic assays, complex in vitro models (iPSC-derived cells, co-culture, organoids), multi-omics, or drug development is an asset.  In addition, the candi