What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist position at Planet Pharma?
NO RELOCATION CANDIDATES
8 Month Contract (May extend or convert to permanent)
$38/hour W2
Top Must Have Skill Sets:
- Master's Degree or PhD
- Recent cell culture experience, plate-based assays, imaging experience, flow cytometry experience.
- Basic research project experience.
Position Details:
- Routinely culture and manipulate workhorse cell lines with the highest cell culture etiquette
- Support ongoing early-stage discovery projects by developing appropriate cell-based assays for hit validation and mechanism of action studies.
- Develop and perform cell-based complementation assays such as split systems (Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) and Bimolecular Luminescence Complementation (BiLC)) and Co-immunoprecipitation assays as needed by the projects.
Basic Qualifications:
- Master's Degree OR PhD in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related field with applicable training/experience as demonstrated by recent jobs/publication records
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture, cell-based functional assay, transfection, transduction, cell engineering, flow cytometry, western, qPCR, MSD, high-throughput screening, or similar biochemical assays or cell and molecular biology techniques
- Prior knowledge and experience in supporting projects that involve sample preparation for FACS, FACS data collection and analysis, antibody staining, immunofluorescence, and confocal microscopy can also be highly valuable.
- Be highly proficient in planning and conducting day-to-day experiments to generate high-standard data and analyze them as needed to create reports for broader team sharing and keep detailed records of all activities on time.
- Self-motivated to drive the project tasks and troubleshoot them without frequent guidance
- Strong written, verbal, and oral communication skills and be a team player
Salary : $38
