What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Scientist position at TSR Consulting Services, Inc.?
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**Please ONLY local candidates to Seattle WA
TSR is a premier National U.S. Staffing company with over 50 years of staffing excellence.
Our client, a leading pharmaceutical company is hiring an Assistant Scientist for a 12 months contracting assignment.
Must have skills:
- M.S. or B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Virology, or related disciplines
- 0-2 years of industry experience in process development or related work
- Experience with downstream equipment and techniques (Chromatography/AKTA, UF/DF, Sterile Filtration)
- Familiar with statistical analysis and experimental design
- Familiar with general analytical assays, such as HPLC and ELISA
- Experience in mammalian cell culture and aseptic techniques
Pay: $40-42/hour W2
Location: Seattle WA
Responsibilities:
- Will be to support upstream and downstream operations in 250 L pilot lab for production of AAV and Lentiviral vectors used for gene delivery and gene editing of cell therapy products
- This team member will support current programs, advance process development of scalable, manufacturing-friendly viral vector processes, and provide non GMP grade viral vector for pipeline supporting studies
- Hands-on experience in upstream (cell culture, bioreactor operation, and transfection conditions) and downstream (depth filtration, normal flow filtration, tangential flow filtration, chromatography) unit operations for viral vector production
- Prepare buffers and process solutions for pilot scale productions
- Contribute to planning and design of experiments, execution and independent analysis of data
- Maintain proper documentation of process data
- Demonstrated ability to read and understand scientific literature
Salary : $40 - $42