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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 XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated in vivo biologist to join our Circuit Biology team within Discovery Psychiatry. The successful candidate will play a key role in facilitating insights of circuit dysfunction in psychiatric disorders and treatment. This is an excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of psychiatry drug discovery research, contributing to target validation and compound profiling studies within a dynamic and collaborative team.
 

Key Responsibilities

  • Independently conceive, execute, and communicate original technical ideas and novel multi-disciplinary research that achieves project and area goals.
  • Drive internal in vivo rodent electroencephalography (EEG) efforts by developing and optimizing recording strategies
  • Develop and maintain in vivo behavior and EEG technology, methodology, and utility in psychiatric drug discovery.
  • Generate, through lab-based activities EEG and behavioral endpoints to support projects
  • Ensure alignment of efforts with the broader goals of cross-functional teams
  • Present findings to internal teams and external collaborators or conferences
  • Contribute to strategic decision-making in psychiatry drug discovery
  • Provide scientific guidance and training to junior scientists and research associates

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and typically, 10 years of experience, Master’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 8 years of experience, PhD and no experience necessary.
  • Extensive experience in rodent EEG surgical techniques, recordings, and analyses.
  • Demonstrated expertise in the design and execution of hypothesis-driven studies related to synaptic and circuit function
  • Ability to process and interpret large datasets using appropriate software tools
  • Strong ability to work in cross-functional teams and effectively communicate scientific finding

 

  • Desired Qualifications
  • Previous industry experience within early discovery, preferably within psychiatry research
  • Expertise in rodent behavioral models and preclinical models for anxiety and depressive disorders, and/or schizophrenia
  • Track record of impactful publications 

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​​

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  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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