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Galenea is currently seeking highly motivated, talented individuals for a variety of available R&D positions.

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY
Galenea Corp. is a fully integrated neuroscience drug discovery company with a focus on psychiatric disorders. We have exclusively licensed intellectual property developed in the laboratories of Professor Susumu Tonegawa of MIT and Professor Maria Karayiorgou of Columbia University Medical Center (formerly of The Rockefeller University), which covers the calcineurin pathway and its role in schizophrenia pathogenesis. In January 2005, we established a multi-year R&D collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to generate breakthrough treatments for schizophrenia and related disorders based on the calcineurin pathway. This collaboration has been extended twice and total committed funding has nearly doubled. In addition to the calcineurin program, we have our own drug discovery program for selective 5HT2C agonists and other molecules targeting serotonin receptors. We also have a proprietary technology platform to find modulators of synaptic transmission, an essential process for neurological function. For more information about Galenea, please visit our website at www.galenea.com.

At Galenea, we foster a vibrant, engaging and collaborative environment and consider career growth and development a high priority. We provide an environment that fosters a great career and a great life. We believe that competitive and comprehensive benefits are a very important part of that mix.

We currently have an opening for a Senior Research Associate in our Behavioral Pharmacology Group.

In this job you will conduct experiments in our behavioral pharmacology laboratory as well as manage experiments and work-flow in the lab.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

- This is a hands-on position in the lab which requires daily participation in experiments.
- Additionally you will have managerial responsibilities including planning experiments, writing experimental protocols and planning workflow across multiple projects.
- Preparing solutions of experimental compounds, dosing mice and rats (IP, SC, PO, IM, IV) and testing in behavioral models for schizophrenia and cognitive function.
- May also perform stereotaxic surgery, dissections, blood and tissue collection.
- Ordering of animals and lab supplies.

Weekend work required on occasion.

Education/Work Experience/Skill Requirements:

- Masters degree in Psychology, Neuroscience or Biology
- 3-5 years of experience in a pharmaceutical/biotech environment
- 5 years of experience in rodent (mouse and rat) handling, including I.P, S.C, I.M, I.V and P.O administration techniques
- Working knowledge of animal behavior, CNS neurobiology
- Good communication skills and ability to work and in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Good data analysis skills.
- Careful & consistent work habits.
- Careful documentation of work performed including organizing data, maintaining notebooks and writing experimental protocols.
- Statistical analysis of data using Excel, SPSS and Prism.
- Knowledge of locomotor, prepulse inhibition, operant paradigms, conditioned and passive avoidance an advantage.

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume to recruiting@Galenea.com.
Galenea is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Galenea Corp.
Attn: Recruiting
300 Technology Square
2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

recruiting@galenea.com