Scientist - I (Assistant)

Our client one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in USA is looking for Assistant Scientist - Level I at Boston, MA. Client is looking for a level I scientist who experience working in High-Throughput Protein Production workflow.

Job Title: Assistant Scientist - Level I
Duration: 6 months assignment with possibility of extension.
Location: 100% onsite lab based role, Boston, MA 02115
Hours: M-F 8L00am - 5:00pm

Required Qualifications, experience, and skills:

• A minimum of a B.S degree with 1-2 years of experience in a relevant field (e.g. protein sciences, chemical or bioengineering, biochemistry or similar) with additional training being desirable.
• Experience with cell culture, aseptic techniques, and protein/antibody production workflows and their inherent data management.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask, time management, and prioritize activities.

Preferred/Nice to have experience and skills:

• Experience with operating TECAN and/or other liquid handling platforms.
• Experience working with transient expression systems (HEK/CHO).
• Experience with programming languages such as Python.

Key skills/must haves:

• Cell culture experience
• Aseptic techniques
• Research tech experience
• Lab experience within academia or industry

Job Description:

• Our client is seeking a contractor to execute existing laboratory automation workflows on our high-throughput antibody and protein production platforms.
• Specifically, to perform weekly expression runs for hundreds of antibodies to support early discovery efforts.
• In this role you will build and then use a combination of protein expression, purification, and laboratory automation skills.
• This role will require an eagerness to learn and an ability to work with different teams and different equipment to operate a robust high throughput protein production platform.
• Your efforts will be a complement and core resource to existing capabilities and will serve to expand the team's ability to interrogate antibody/protein diversity in order to identify optimal leads.
• You will have the opportunity to apply your enthusiasm and technical skills as a member of Discovery Biologics - Boston to support and help drive multidisciplinary biotherapeutic discovery programs.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain existing liquid handling platforms including Lynx, Hamilton and Tecan to drive our small-scale automated protein production platforms.
• Troubleshoot automation methods and devices to maintain optimal high throughput protein production (yield, reproducibility, reliability, etc.).
• Generate frequent production summary reports.
• Follow and improve Standard Operating Procedures for expression and purification workflows.

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

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