Job Details
BEPC is actively looking for a Technical Development Scientist in South San Francisco, CA area!
PhD in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related fields
1 Year contract with possible extensions!
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Pay Rate: $55.00-$60.00/hour
Responsible for providing support to pre-Early-Stage Research to Early Development projects with high-throughput protein production from mammalian transient cultures. We are looking for a motivated candidate with cell culture and sterile technique experience to join our team to enable protein production and help advance our portfolio.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform transient transfections in CHO and HEK293 cells in scales 1mL to 25L to support pipeline productions adhering to established protocols.
- Maintain seed train cell cultures in bioreactors and shake flasks.
- Operate liquid handlers - Tecan and Hamilton for automated processes.
- Operate wave bag reactors for productions and cell maintenance.
- Maintain and troubleshoot key cell culture instruments such as Vi-Cell, Nova Flex2, Nova Flex, Cedex and bioreactors.
- Participate in troubleshooting production or platform processes.
- Participate in lab management and data management.
- Contribute to improving existing cell culture platforms and developing new platforms to deliver diverse protein and cellular reagents to enable a large number of research programs.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- PhD (with 0-2yrs relevant experience) in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related fields
- Suspension adapted mammalian cell culture (CHO and/or HEK293)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have strong collaborative skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- State-of-the-art transient and stable protein expression experience.
- Relevant bioreactor experience.
- Hands-on experience with automation and liquid handlers like Tecan Freedom Evo and Hamilton Microlab Star.
- Knowledge of cell biology, cell engineering, molecular biology, recombinant protein
- purification and protein characterization are preferred.
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