Associate Research Scientist - Protein Purification
Company: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Location: Rockville
Posted on: May 29, 2023
Job Description:
Job DescriptionDescription - ExternalAt Thermo Fisher
Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive
impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our
Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world
healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the
resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking
science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of
life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+
countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical
research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work
spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial
services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will
improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now
and in the future.Location/Division Specific InformationLocation:
Rockville, MDWithin our Analytical Services team, we have a
functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership
that allows our customers to demonstrate the experience of our
staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience
working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all
while maintaining full-time benefits.A day in the Life:The
Associate Research Scientist in this role would be responsible for
implementing and optimizing experimental protocols in the areas of
protein purification and analytics. - -Prior experience in
-recombinant protein purification from mammalian and/or bacterial
expression systems using AKTA FPLC systems is required. -Hands on
experience with high throughput purification, protein expression,
tangential flow filtration or HPLC systems would be an added
advantage.Key Responsibilities
- Carefully executes and documents experiments/technical
studies/tasks with minimal supervision, maintaining good scientific
practice.
- Participates in experimental planning by applying critical
thinking, experience and scientific knowledge to the data
analysis.
- Interprets results and communicates to his/her supervisor.
- Operates and maintains designated lab equipment and trains
others as needed.
- Participates in project meetings, contributes detailed oral or
written summaries of results.
- Assist SED workstream leaders and technical teams to coordinate
and facilitate project deliverables by:
- Scheduling CMC matrix/workstream/technical meetings
- Preparing meeting agenda
- Issuing minutes, tracking decisions and action items
- Following up on action items to ensure completion through
collaboration with SMEs
- Project resource planning and reporting of project forecasts
and actuals through internal planning systems (i.e. IRM, ET,
Spotfire dashboards)
- Maintain detailed CMC dashboard to support SED visibility into
program timelines, deliverables and risk profiles
- Manage OneNote as source for project information
- Track detailed technical deliverables and provide outlook on
future deliverables
- Track submission source documents, including data verification
and upload into VQD
- Manage the submission of shipping requests, collate appropriate
documentation to support shipments and track R&D shipments of
samples, CTM and other time sensitive materials
- Communicate with key business partners (internal and external)
to ensure accurate and up to date information is maintained for
program delivery
- Provide regular (weekly/biweekly) project communications with
Clin Ops regarding key clinically meaningful data (CoA's stability
updates etc.)
- Liaise with SED Business Operations to ensure purchase orders
and invoices are up to date.Qualifications -
ExternalEducationBachelor's degree in a Science related field or
equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational
qualificationPrevious experience that provides the knowledge,
skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 6 to 8
years') or equivalent combination of education, training, &
experience.Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to perform basic to moderately complex laboratory
activities.
- Fundamental understanding of principles and applications of
protein biochemistry, and demonstrated ability in protein
purification, western blot and protein quantitation are
required.
- Training in areas such as protein and DNA extraction /
quantification is an added advantage.
- Use of analytical tools, other pharmaceutical analysis and
validation techniques, and/ or experience with analytical
development is highly desirable.
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to utilize Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint to
perform tasks
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Time management skills
- Problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Ability to work in a collaborative work environment with a
teamPhysical Requirements / Work Environment -Thermo Fisher
Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We
support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced
environment where they can thrive. Below are the working
environment/requirements for this role:
- Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and
ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and
reasonable manner.
- Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical
working hours.
- Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.
- Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
- Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology
with proficiency.
- May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including
infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory
environments.
- Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing
and handling multiple projects or activities.
- As a condition of employment with PPD, in this role, you must
have received your Covid-19 vaccine and you must disclose proof of
your vaccination status upon employment.
Keywords: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Rockville , Associate Research Scientist - Protein Purification, Other , Rockville, Maryland
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