Job Description
Position Title: Cell Culture Research Associate
Work Location: Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Assignment Duration: 9+ Months
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Key Responsibilities:
• Culturing mammalian cells in shake flask and benchtop 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.
• Other duties as assigned including but not limited to contributing to lab organization and cleanliness, consumables stocking, and routine equipment maintenance.
Qualification & Experience:
• 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. Digital data proficiency a plus.
• 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.
• Organizational, record keeping, and communication skills.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 40.00/hr.