Title: Research Associate

Location: Oceanside, CA

Duration: 06 months

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

Under general supervision, develops and validates bioassays to support biological drug development.

-Plans and executes assigned experiments that support Process Development activities and project goals.

-Proactively seeks out senior personnel to discuss potential solutions to problems.

-Participates in group meetings to share test results.

-Demonstrates ability to recognize anomalous and inconsistent results and interpret experimental outcomes.

-Develops skills in data analysis and ability to evaluate quality of data.

-Operates scientific equipment (Plate reader and Softmax software for ELISA, cell culture techniques), selects appropriate methods and techniques to perform experiments, and prepare related reports

-Plans and organizes details of experiments with guidance.

-Demonstrates good verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills to provide insight into the processes used to achieve results of assigned tasks.

-Be able to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative working environment.

-Must have basic understanding of ELISA and cell based assays.

-Responsible for data analysis using SoftMax Pro software and graphic display of data using Excel and Power Point presentation formats.