Associate Scientist / Bench Scientist

Associate Scientist / Bench Scientist

A Few Words About Us Integrated Resources, Inc is a premier staffing firm recognized as one of the tri-states most well-respected professional specialty firms. IRI has built its reputation on excellent service and integrity since its inception in 1996. Our mission centers on delivering only the best quality talent, the first time and every time. We provide quality resources in four specialty areas: Information Technology (IT), Clinical Research, Rehabilitation Therapy and Nursing.

Job Description

We are seeking motivated and creative individuals to join our Cell Line Technology team to contribute to ongoing efforts in engineering and identifying superior host cell lines for the manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. The successful candidate will have mammalian cell culture and ideally some cell line development experience. Candidates with experience performing transfections, basic molecular biology techniques (gene cloning, plasmid construction PCR, etc) cell line screening and characterization will be highly valued. Additional experience with lab automation platforms and basic biochemical and/or immunochemical techniques would be a plus (SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, etc.).

Job Responsibilities:

• Support mammalian cell culture manufacturing processes
• Performing filtration of unprocessed bulk
• Operating various process equipment
• Documenting daily manufacturing operations in a cGMP environment
• Calibrating manufacturing equipment
• Cleaning applicable equipment
• Running a robot to harvest unprocessed bulk

Qualifications

Education:

A BS/MS in Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry or a related field.

Qualifications include 2 - 3 years research experience in Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry or a related field. Candidates with industrial bioprocess development experience will be highly valued.