Cell Biologist

Company Description

IRI believes in commitment, integrity and strategic workforce solutions.

Integrated Resources, Inc., is led by a seasoned team with combined decades in the industry. We deliver strategic workforce solutions that help you manage your talent and business more efficiently and effectively. Since launching in 1996, IRI has attracted, assembled and retained key employees who are experts in their fields. This has helped us expand into new sectors and steadily grow.

We’ve stayed true to our focus of finding qualified and experienced professionals in our specialty areas. Our partner-employers know that they can rely on us to find the right match between their needs and the abilities of our top-tier candidates. By continually exceeding their expectations, we have built successful ongoing partnerships that help us stay true to our commitments of performance and integrity.

Our team works hard to deliver a tailored approach for each and every client, critical in matching the right employers with the right candidates. We forge partnerships that are meant for the long term and align skills and cultures. At IRI, we know that our success is directly tied to our clients’ success.

Job Description

• Laboratory and related work (80-90% of time) under daily to weekly supervision

• Work with supervisor to define aim of experiments and a plan to achieve that aim in a given time frame, will then execute work following the plan (independently, if familiar with area of work, with guidance if unfamiliar)

• Will carry out on-going analysis of data generated and will identify problems

• Will implement necessary changes following discussion with peers/ supervisor

• Will analyze and interpret experimental data, results and methodology used with appropriate guidance

• Will gain skills and experience to be fully conversant with the operation and validation of all items of equipment or IT needed for experimentation, data analysis, storage and data entry

• Write up laboratory notebooks regularly in compliance with GSP and internal policies. Preparation of presentation materials. Contribute to writing of e.g. SOPs, study reports and protocols

• Regular communication with supervisor and team members (1:1 and group meetings)

• Communication/presentation at internal meetings

• Work safely themselves, completion of risk assessments, compliance with PGRD procedures, will recognize risks (own and others), within own area of expertise. Intervene or take action, where appropriate.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in life sciences, preferably in cell biology/ virology/ immunology

• With at least 1 year working in a laboratory in either an academic or (preferably) industrial setting

• Maintenance of mammalian cell lines in culture (both adherent and suspension culture)

• Plate-based cellular assays relevant to immunology and/ or virology

• Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred– 96-/ 384-well plate based assays, virus infectivity and/ or neutralization assays, qRT-PCR to measure total virus load, ELISA-based techniques to measure antibody responses, transient transfection of mammalian cells

Additional Information

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Ricky