Hi,
My name is Gaurav and I am a recruiter with Net2Source Inc. Our direct client is looking to hire a Scientist - II (Associate) - PA/NJ Only Only in their growing team.
Please find below the job description.
Title : Biochemist - III (Senior)
Location : Rahway NJ 07065
Duration : 12 months
Rate : $45/hr on w2 without any benefits
Job Description – Biochemistry contractor
The Protein Engineering group at *** 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.
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)
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.
Thanks
Gaurav Gupta
Sr. Pharma Recruiter
(201) 331-8302