Primary Talent Partners has a 6 month contract opening for a Scientist to join a multinational pharmaceutical company for an onsite position operating out of Boston, MA.
Pay: $25.00/hr - $27.00/hr
Contract: W-2, 6 months, extensions likely, conversion possible, cannot provide sponsorship or support C2C at this time
Summary:
Our Research Laboratories are 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.
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.
Required Qualifications:- 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.
- Cell culture experience is required.
- Aseptic techniques experience is required.
- Research tech experience.
- Lab experience with in academia or industry.
Preferred Qualifications:- 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.
Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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