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Mindlance

Biologist

Mindlance, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01609

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Job Details: Biologist II Location: Worcester, MA Duration: 12+ Months

What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position: Strong biological scientific understanding. Experience with chromatography and filtration for biologics purification Experience with bioanalytical assays and methods preferred

Years of experience/education and/or certifications required: BS - Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, or Chemistry with 3-5 yrs. experience

Work Schedule (Define days,# of hours)/ Is Overtime offered or required? Monday - Friday, 8 hrs/day. No overtime

Job Description This position is in the Biologics Purification Development team of the Product Development Science & Technology department. The candidate will be involved with all aspects of protein purification and protein chemistry to support biopharmaceutical process development. Responsibilities, under the supervision of a Scientist II include: Execute high through put scale down robotic purification as part of early and late stage process development, viral clearance, process characterization, and continuous process improvement studies. Perform basic data acquisition and analysis, and documentation in electric lab notebooks. Will develop economical, robust steps for recovering the target protein from bioreactor harvests using chromatography, filtration, and other separation techniques; developing downstream purification processes to be transferred to manufacturing; and perform laboratory scale process characterization studies. Perform various bioanalytical assays, including HPLC, ELISAs and SDS-PAGE, to aid in rapid process development. The candidate must possess strong written, oral, and collaborative skills in order to effectively communicate experimental procedures and results. As appropriate, the candidate may supply technical support for pilot and/or GMP manufacturing of clinical materials.

EEO Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans