Cell Culture Development Associate (Bioreactors)

Dawar Consulting•Philadelphia, PA

7h•$42

About The Position

Our client, a world leader in biotechnology and life sciences, is looking for a "Cell Culture Development Associate” based out of Philadelphia, PA. Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Extension) Pay Rate : $42/hr on W2 Company Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Sick leave, 401K

Requirements

B.S. in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, or biology/molecular biology or related area with 0 – 4 years of relevant scientific or technical experience in the life sciences industry or equivalent.
Comfortable working with instrumentation and technologies in support of cell culture process monitoring.
Experience with aseptic suspension cell culture methods, including sterile media and solution preparation is preferred.
Experience in molecular biology techniques (eg: SDS -PAGE/western blotting, plasmid cloning, gene expression assays, etc) is preferred.
Experience with viral vector production is preferred, but not essential.

Nice To Haves

Digital data proficiency

Responsibilities

Culturing mammalian cells in shake flask and bench top bioreactors.
Support lab operational activities for rAAV cell culture studies in stirred tank bioreactors including AMBR15 and/or AMBR250 bioreactors.
Execution of molecular biology experiments including SDS -PAGE/western blotting, plasmid cloning etc.
Execute experimental designs; collect and format data for analyses in support of technical platform development objectives.
Compile data analysis summaries and present to appropriate project teams
Contribute to the authoring of lab procedures, data analysis summaries, and support data verification and other relevant process documentation.
Maintaining an accurate laboratory notebook following ALCOA+ principles.
Ensuring work conforms to applicable quality and safety standards.
Support maintenance and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment.