Molecular Biologist

Title: Scientist 1

Duration: 15 months contract

Pay rate: $30.00 - $35.00 /hr

Possibility of extension up to 2 years

Job Description:

· Under the supervision of a project leader or a senior scientist, perform laboratory work to support scientific discovery programs related to skin biology

· Conduct in vitro experiments on 2D cells, 3D reconstructed skin or ex vivo human skin

· Micro-dissection of human skin biopsies

· Conduct immunohistochemistry experiments and biological assays

· Work cross functionally with analytical teams and formulators in order to design and run experiments.

· Manage, collect, analyze, summarize, upload to internal databases and report high quality data in a timely manner

· Manage laboratory operations in terms of ordering, organizing and supply managements

Job Qualification:

· MS degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences or related fields with a minimum of 2 years hands-on experience in a laboratory setting

· Required to have experience in culturing and setting up test systems using human keratinocytes and fibroblasts

· Required to have excellent tissue culture and sterile technique. Experience with handling human tissue samples is a plus

· Required to have experience conducting multiplex ELISA as well as general ELISA assays.

· Required to have 2 year experience in immunofluorescence, IHC and PCR methods

· Ability to design antibody panels for multi-color flow cytometry

· Experience in microscopy imaging techniques is required

· Understanding of skin and skin appendage morphologies is a plus

· Knowledge of skin wound healing biology is a plus

· Basic understanding of next-generation sequencing technologies is a plus

· Proficient in writing function SOPs/Working Practices

· Strong communication, presentation and project management skills

· Must be self motivated and collaborative