The Scientist will join R&D teams to support studies in the areas of new product development and existing product support. He/she will focus on mammalian cell culture and molecular biology. This position reports to the Director, Discovery Research. 

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for maintaining cultures of frequently used suspension and adherent cell lines.
• Responsible for plasmid cloning, transformation, amplification, and purification.
• Responsible for general molecular biological techniques and assays.
• Responsible for Adenoviral vector infection, viral titer measurement, and viral stock maintenance.
• Uses established protocols and applies technical standards, principles, and techniques to the execution of scientific studies with moderate supervision.
• Documents experimental design, details, and results in a laboratory notebook.

General Responsibilities:

• Write protocols and reports to accurately capture studies and data.
• Establish and follow all research lab standard operating procedures and safety procedures.
• Understand and work within the appropriate level of regulatory compliance in the execution of work responsibilities.
• Contribute scientific concepts and potential solutions to problems related to vaccine development.
  

Requirements

• The candidate must be self-motivated and work equally well as an individual and part of a team.
• BS with 3-5 years or MS with 0-2 years relevant industry experience or a combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Experience in mammalian cell culture and aseptic technique is required.
• Experience in PCR, ELISA, and molecular cloning is preferred.