Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Scientist II in the Ridgefield, CT area.
• Provide wet lab support for in-silico/ machine-learning guided design within our group.
• The primary responsibilities of this role will be related to the planning and execution of high throughput protein expression and characterization experiments in an independent manner.
• This will include work with cell culture, robotics, and general laboratory equipment.
• A successful candidate will be capable of working independently and be able to troubleshoot experimental procedures.
• As part of our team, you will work in a highly matrixed environment and support multiple projects at the same time.
• Timely completion of work and transparency with challenges is expected.
• Also responsible for routine maintenance of laboratory equipment and ordering of laboratory consumables.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with three-plus (3 ) years of experience in related Scientific discipline or Master’s Degree from an accredited institution in related Scientific discipline or equivalent experience in related field.
• Familiarity and hands on experience with protein expression and purification.
• Practical experience with protein characterization using biophysical assays is highly desirable.
• In addition, experience with general molecular biology techniques such as PCR, vector cloning (infusion, gibson and golden gate), and construct design is a plus. Proficiency with computers and familiarity with data analysis software (GraphPad, excel, etc.) is a requirement.
• Required Skills: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CLONING, BIOPHYSICAL, PROTEIN CHARACTERIZATION, LABORATORY
• Additional Skills: ROBOTICS, ORDERING, FANUC, LAB SUPPORT, FERMENTATION, PCR