Scientist II
: Job Details :

6-Month Contract

$43/Hour

Job Description

Isolation & characterization of human blood cells and in vitro cell assays-

Contractor will request donor samples, isolate cells from human or monkey peripheral blood, set up cultures with isolated cells, perform cell stimulation or differentiation by test compounds, harvest cells and supernatants, prepare these samples for further anal-ysis; run ELISA tests to study effector function of compounds; analyze and present the da-ta generated by these experiments.

Qualifications:

BS or MS & 3-5 years biochemistry lab experience

Primary cell isolation and culture

ELISA

In vitro cell assays

Flow cytometry

Nice to Have:

Basic lab techniques: sterile technique, pipetting samples, generating titra-tions/dilutions, dealing with cells, making buffers

Enthusiastic, organized

Assay development experience

qPCR experience

Environment:

100 % Lab, benchwork, team and individual work

M-F regular business hours