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Infectious Disease Scientist - II (Associate)

Upper Gwynedd, PA 19446

Posted: 02/27/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 601396 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Target Pay Rate: 40-47.42/hr **salary will be commensurate with experience 

Job Description:

The Infectious Disease and Vaccines group is seeking applicants for a position in the HIV Biomarkers area. The job will entail several facets of HIV biomarker work including: * Receipt, logging, and processing of patient blood samples into PBMCs. * Cell isolations from HIV+ human tissue biopsies. * Running of biomarker assays on the above samples (including pPCR, standard and ultra-sensitive ELISAs, and potentially flow cytometry). * Assisting with development, validation, and running of novel biomarker assays. * Testing of test compounds in primary cell HIV assays. The job is fast-paced and will be very much hands-on in the laboratory. Handling of HIV+ materials (lab strains as well as patient-derived samples) is a job requirement. Great organizational skills, communication, time management, and the ability to learn to operate state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and automation are also required.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have at least a bachelor’s degree in a life science or bioengineering and 2 years of hands-on laboratory experience and able to execute experiments independently after initial training from a more experienced lab member. Experience with cell culture, blood processing, and immunoassays is strongly preferred. Other desired experience includes primary cell culture and flow cytometry.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.