Atrium · 6 days ago
Research Scientist (Contract)
US-MA-Boston
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$60/hr - $75/hr
5+ years expAtrium is partnering with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to find a Research Scientist for their Analytical Development, Cell and Gene Therapy group. The role involves contributing to drug substance and product program development, performing method development, and collaborating with various teams to innovate Cell and Gene Therapy products.
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Responsibilities
Designs and executes cellular and molecular assays to support stability efforts for cell therapy products
Provide expertise in experimental design, data analysis, assay trouble shooting, technical report writing, and presentations
Maintain proper documentation of experimental results and data interpretations
Ensure data quality and maintain data integrity of analytical results to support decision making
Independently prepares study presentations and presents experimental conclusions at internal team meetings
Collaborate with research and process development teams to develop fit for purpose analytical characterization methods for target optimization, product characterization and product investigations
Qualification
Required
Strong hands-on experience with organoid tissue culture (or tissue engineering), perfusion systems, and molecular assays is required
Prior experience in analytical development, particularly cellular drug product stability, is required
Demonstrated capabilities to independently digest and formulate experimental conclusions by referencing orthogonal analytical results
Ability to use information gained from experiments to inform method and program decisions
Skilled in efficient study design and demonstrated expertise in writing SOPs, analytical protocols and reports
Ability to multi-task as necessary, managing competing priorities, and advancing multiple projects within required timelines
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally to improve communication, strong track record in cross-team collaboration
Strong oral & written communication skills
D. (or equivalent degree) and +1 years of relevant post-doctoral employment experience, or Masters Degree (or equivalent degree) and 5-7 years of relevant employment experience
Preferred
Prior experience with tissue culture media formulation is preferred
Prior experience with stem cells, T1D, and/or pancreatic islet biology is preferred
Company
Atrium
Atrium is a global WBENC-certified Talent Solutions and Extended Workforce Management leader.
201-500 employees
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