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Biological Scientist

Axle
Bethesda, USA
Mid
Onsite
$100,000 — $110,000 USD
Discovered 5 days ago

Full Job Posting

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate screening projects, establish deadlines, recommend assignments, and monitor and summarize project progress.
  • Prepare project status reports and memos for management and share screening results and progress updates with collaborators.
  • Coordinate compound delivery and track receipt of domestic and international compound shipments, including follow-up on delayed shipments.
  • Collaborate with National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) investigators on project timelines and shared resources in the biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) screening laboratory.
  • Perform HTS against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other approved microorganisms of therapeutic relevance in the BSL-3 laboratory.
  • Operate BioMek Fx, ECHO acoustic dispenser, V spin centrifuge, plate sealer and peeler, BioTek and Certus liquid handlers, ThermoFisher Multidrop, Opera Phenix reader, Cytomat incubator, Pherastar FSX imager, Viaflo automated liquid handlers, and associated microplate readers.
  • Isolate ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), clone genes, and perform transcriptional profiling to investigate screening hits.
  • Collaborate on screening project development and track processes, progress, and deliverables.
  • Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), presentations, and materials for drug screening projects.
  • Train new laboratory personnel working in the BSL-3 screening laboratory.
  • Generate a database of profiling results from BSL-3 screening projects.
  • Research, analyze, develop, and implement internationally accepted screening guidance and procedures.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree.
  • Professional knowledge of the theories, principles, and methods of a scientific specialty or subspecialty and related disciplines, such as biology, microbiology, chemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, drug discovery, and biochemistry.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in a science-related field.
  • Deliverables
  • Meet with laboratory members monthly to present updates.

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