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Associate Scientist
- Permanent
- Biochemistry, Biological Sciences
- United States
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Proclinical is currently recruiting for a Cell Line Associate Scientist with a pharmaceutical company located in Santa Monica, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
- Active member of the viral vector upstream team would design, plan and execute laboratory studies in order to support process development, characterization or process improvements.
- Perform hands on work in an adherent cell stack factories or suspension culture, cell culture expansion, viral vector production as well as process scale up and implementation into GMP clinical production suites.
- Write and review technical documentation.
- Participate and influence a cross-functional development team to advance production activities.
- Develop manufacturing processes for viral vector products and develop process improvements and efficiencies.
- Perform process analysis and trend process performance.
- Design and execute process development studies to develop a thorough understanding of operating and performance parameters.
Skills and Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience with BS degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology or a related scientific discipline.
- 5+ years of experience with MS degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology or a related scientific discipline.
- Previous experience with Cell therapy products, viral vector production in both adherent and suspension cell culture systems, transient transfection and/or stable cell lines is desired.
- A previous track record of culture process development experience such as cell passaging, formulation of media, aseptic technique processing, and managing reagents.
- Practical demonstration of hands on process development.
- Knowledge of suspension or adherent cell culture formats, scale-up and engineering principles (e.g. growth rates, specific consumption/production rates, bioreactor aspect ratios, power calculations, gas transfer, shear stress).
- Hands on expertise in cell line engineering, attribute selection and cell sorting (FACS) is required with experience in isolating high productivity cell lines.
- Hands on expertise in laboratory cell culture operations such as maintenance and growth of cells in both static and suspension modes. Previous experience in the development of high productivity and suitable vector cell lines is required.
- Demonstrated excellence in viral vector or cell culture process development, process technology transfer, scale translation, and statistical DOE (design of experiments).
- Build, operate, and troubleshoot bench top and pilot scale bioreactors; compile and analyze results.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and aptitude for problem solving.
- Experience with the preparation of regulatory filings for US and external markets is desired.
- Candidate should be self-motivated, ambitious, organized, and collaborative.
- Understanding of GMP manufacturing.
- Act as an effective and committed team player.
If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Zachary Hines at 215-531-6914.
ProClinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.
Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.
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