Career Category

Postdoctoral

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Do more with the knowledge you’re working hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Through this program, you will acquire the valuable hands-on skills and foundational experience to become the professional you are meant to be in your chosen field.

Postdoctoral Fellow – Neuro-Immunology

Live

This could be your everyday

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. During this program, you will be provided with an enriching environment to inspire innovation that will contribute to the development of human diseases.

The lab of Menno van Lookeren Campagne in the Oncology and Inflammation Research Department at Amgen is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow in the field of neuro-immunology to study how cross-talk between the enteric nervous system and immune cell populations controls intestinal immunity.

The initial focus of the postdoctoral fellow is to explore what neuronal pathways in the gut control intestinal immunity. Using single cell RNA-sequencing, proteomics, genetic engineering and organoid systems, you will have the opportunity to identify novel regulatory neuro-immune circuits and to dissect their impact on tissue homeostasis and disease. This position is ideal for those seeking to understand the fundamentals of therapeutic discovery and translational biology while honing their skills as an independent investigator focused on basic science.

The postdoctoral fellow will be encouraged and expected to develop an independent line of research based on initial studies and to present at scientific conferences and publish in leading journals. The successful candidate will operate in the context of a highly collaborative environment, with ample opportunities to interact with other postdoctoral fellows, scientists, and drug discovery teams and access to state-of-the art technologies and resources including single-cell omics, human genetics and in vitro and in vivo models to study neuro-immune interactions.

The postdoctoral position is for 3 years with the option to extend for an additional year.

Win

Here’s what it takes to Win

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dedicated individual we seek is a scientist with these qualifications.

Basic qualifications

• PhD at the time of appointment

Preferred qualifications

• PhD in Immunology, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology
• Expertise using in vivo mouse models of inflammation, multi-color flow cytometry, isolation and culture of primary cells, and/or bioinformatics analysis
• Record of independent critical thinking and the ability to design, execute, and interpret experiments, as exemplified by high quality publications
• Expertise in innate immune biology and/or neuro-immunology

Our culture is what makes Amgen a special place to work. We have a powerful shared purpose around our mission – to serve patients. We respect one another, recognize contributions, and have embedded collaboration, trust, empowerment and inclusion in all that we do.

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Amgen will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.