Biologist (52117)

GAP SOLUTIONS INC•Gaithersburg, MD

21d•$94,860 - $102,000•Hybrid

About The Position

GAP Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Biologist with a Master's Degree and two years of post-baccalaureate experience to join their team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Gaithersburg, MD. This full-time position involves executing formulation and stability studies, assay development, and preparing technical protocols and reports. The role requires a strong understanding of protein and vaccine structure, stability concepts, and analytical data interpretation. The biologist will also contribute to professional manuscripts and utilize various scientific software.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or foreign equivalent.
Two (2) years of post-baccalaureate experience as a Biologist, Scientist, or a substantially similar position.
Two (2) years of protein formulation experience.
Two (2) years of formulation and stability design assessment studies for protein nanoparticle-based vaccines for HIV antibodies, Malaria vaccine, and Influenza vaccine.
Two (2) years of study coordination and execution in one of the following areas: protein/vaccine formulation, protein/vaccine stability, or protein/vaccine pre-formulation.
Two (2) years of hands-on studies designing and executing formulation and stability assessments of ultra-high concentration antibody therapeutics for HIV antibodies and Influenza vaccine.
Two (2) years of data analysis experience.
Two (2) years of protein chemistry experience.
Experience with JMP, Origin, GRAMS, Prism, and SigmaPlot.

Responsibilities

Execute formulation and stability studies, including coordinating study tasks, interpreting analytical data using protein and vaccine structure, stability concepts, and elements of the effects of solution components on stability; generating samples; analyzing sample data; and presenting data to project teams.
Execute assay development studies for vaccine and biotherapeutic characterization under the guidance of senior personnel, including coordinating tasks; generating and analyzing samples; interpreting analytical data using protein and vaccine structure, stability concepts, and elements of the effects of solution components on stability; collating overall study data; and presenting study data to project teams.
Prepare technical protocols documenting formulation, stability, and method development studies in collaboration with senior personnel, including design based technical analytical experience and theoretical understanding of protein/vaccine structure and stability concepts.
Prepare technical reports documenting formulation, stability, and method development studies, which may include drafting, editing, and verification of data.
Contribute to professional manuscripts based on results of formulation, stability, and method development studies, as needed.