US-CA-Hercules: Sr Scientist in biotech

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Date: 09-Dec-2008

Sr Scientist in biotech

Skills and Experience:

PhD in Cell Biology or equivalent with at least four-years postdoctoral experience preferably from industry.

Broad experience in cell and molecular biology techniques. Expertise in tissue culture using cell lines and primary cells. Extensive knowledge of gene transfer technologies, using physical and and chemical methods. Knowledge and experience with tracking intracellular transport of tranfected molecules with cell-based assays and with common techniques used in studying gene expression. Experience with stem cell cultures is desirable. Experience with flow-cytometry is also desirable. Familiarity with industry product development is a plus.

Requires the ability to both work independently and be a team player. Good written communications skills, and effective oral presentation skills. Experience in optimizing and evaluating transfection technologies. Innovative and resourceful in solving problems. Good organization and data analysis skills. Duties and Responsibilities:

This position involves the research and development of new products for the life science gene transfer field. The successful candidate will work actively in the laboratory, utilizing skills in cell transfection, tissue culture and measurement of transfection efficiency and cell viability, to develop new gene transfer reagents and instruments. The ideal candidate will be expected to:

-Independently plan, design, execute, analyze and troubleshoot experiments and report the project activities. -Contribute to the preparation of product development procedures, technical procedures, protocols and instruction manuals. - Participate in scientific discussions with internal and external customers. -Participatein assessing feasibility and viabilty of new platforms. -Test protoypes and pilot products under development -Define test procedures.

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