At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 39,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Responsibilities

When it comes to research and development, our goal is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that improve the lives of people around the world. It’s challenging, expensive and often filled with failure. But even when we fail, we advance medical science and understanding by learning more about diseases, biology and chemistry – ultimately bringing new solutions one step closer to reality.

Over the course of our history, we have shed light on some of the toughest health care problems known to man – diabetes, heart disease, infectious diseases, neuroscience disorders, cancer and more. We could not pursue this without our research and development team.

Postdoctoral scientists help us continue this pursuit. During your experience you will get:

• Top industry research experience
• Mentoring by some of Lilly’s top scientists
• Laboratory and classroom training and education to further your development
• Collaboration and networking across dozens of postdoctoral scientists and other researchers

Are you looking to make a significant difference by contributing our fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease?

Some Possible Responsibilities In This Role

We are seeking a results-oriented post-doctoral scientist with strong research and communication skills to contribute to highly visible research projects. This work will focus on investigating mechanisms of lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases.

• Unravel the biological functions of key lysosomal modulators and evaluate the impact of therapeutic modulation on the progression of neurodegeneration and associated fluid and imaging biomarker changes
• Explore novels mechanisms in delivering therapeutics into lysosomes and other cellular compartments
• Work with others across therapeutic areas in a highly collaborative environment
• Identify areas of key need across clinical development and champion creative solutions to address those needs. Maintain external awareness and learning
• Present findings and publish in high quality peer-reviewed journals
  

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in Neuroscience, Cell Biology or other related field

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Strong background in Neurodegeneration and/or lysosome biology research preferred
• Proactive and highly motivated individual who has a strong desire in performing ground breaking translational research
• Excellent communicator (oral and written) with presentation experience, along with a strong publication record.
• Proficient in data analysis and reporting
• Proficient in cell/tissue culture, molecular biology and biochemistry techniques
• Prior working experience with Alzheimer’s disease or other neurodegenerative mouse models
• Familiar with imaging techniques such as confocal and two-photon microscopy
• Experience in transcriptomic or proteomic analysis is a plus
  

Additional Information

This position is not permanent. It is for a fixed duration of two years with potential to extend to 3 years and for maximum of up to 4 years. You will have opportunities to apply for full time positions after your duration is complete.

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