Biochemist - III / liquid handling

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Company: Intelliswift

Location: Rahway, NJ 07065

Description:

Job ID: 24-05801
Qualifications:
Qualifications
Candidates for consideration should have a bachelor's degree in biological, biochemistry, engineering or chemical science with minimum 4 years of experience or MS degree with 2+years or PhD with 0-1 year of experience in running PCR, enzyme reactions and/or analytical assays,
The successful candidate will have hands on experience with laboratory automation techniques (especially Biomek or Tecan liquid handling systems) and/or in various analytical methods (HPLC, LC-MS, spectrophotometry, gel electrophoresis, FPLC).
Ideally experience in analyzing biological (microbial) samples by HPLC.
Software Skills: MS office (Word/Excel)

Required Experiences and Skills:
High-throughput screening and automated liquid handling
Chemical and biochemical solution and reaction preparation
Understanding of experimental design and data analysis principles
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Excellent teamwork and multitasking
Good documentation of experimental reports

Preferred Experience and Skills:
HPLC and LC-MS experience, particularly with Agilent systems.
Experience in protein characterization and purification.
Experience in molecular biology and/or protein expression platforms (cell-free, microbial, yeast, bacillus, mammalian) is a plus
Industry exp. is preferred.

Personality:
Team player
Independent
Detail oriented
Adaptable
Quick learner
Flexible

*Note*: Position: Onsite lab-based role at Rahway, NJ. 12 months assignment with possibility of extension.

Responsibilities:
Job Description - Biochemistry contractor
The Protein Engineering group at Client is seeking an experienced researcher to support our biochemistry capabilities.
The primary mission of the group is to design and engineer enzymes, therapeutic proteins/peptides to enable drug discovery and development.
This position in our biochemistry team is responsible for manipulating DNA to produce enzymes in cell-free or E. coli expression systems, setting up reactions using the enzyme preparation as a catalyst solution, quenching reactions and prepping them for HPLC or MS analysis, and analyzing the data generated in support of our protein directed evolution workflow.

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