Infectious Disease Scientist Ii

About Us:
On-Board Services, Incorporated is an on-site contract service provider for a local manufacturing entity providing full time positions to our employees. We offer benefits as well as 401k.
Position Details:
Position Type: 1 year contract with additional opportunity contingent upon performance and continued business need
Job Location: West Point, PA
Compensation: $50.25 per hour
Our client’s Infectious Disease and Vaccines group is seeking applicants for a position in the HIV Biomarkers area.
Responsibilities:
The job will entail several facets of HIV biomarker work including:

• Receipt, logging, and processing of patient blood samples into PBMCs.
• Cell isolations from HIV+ human tissue biopsies.
• Running of biomarker assays on the above samples (including pPCR, standard and ultra-sensitive ELISAs, and potentially flow cytometry).
• Assisting with development, validation, and running of novel biomarker assays.
• Testing of test compounds in primary cell HIV assays.
• The job is fast-paced and will be very much hands-on in the laboratory.
• Handling of HIV+ materials (lab strains as well as patient-derived samples) is a job requirement.
• Great organizational skills, communication, time management, and the ability to learn to operate state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and automation are also required.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have at least a bachelor’s degree in a life science or bioengineering and 2 years of hands-on laboratory experience and able to execute experiments independently after initial training from a more experienced lab member.
• Experience with cell culture, blood processing, and immunoassays is strongly preferred.
• Other desired experience includes primary cell culture and flow cytometry.

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www.onboardusa.com
On-Board was founded in 1976 by Robert L. Wilson to provide Engineering and Design services to the chemical manufacturing industry. Today, On-Board is a thriving privately held family of companies with services including: Consulting, Professional Engineering, Industrial Maintenance and Facility Management, Contracted Manufacturing and Production Services, as well as Temporary Staffing and Recruiting throughout North America.
The On-Board Family of Companies conducts operations through its Corporate Headquarters located in East Windsor, NJ along with Regional Offices in New Castle, DE and Wake Forest, NC. On-Board’s Mission is to provide “Flexible Service by applying the talents of our people, work processes and technology to meet our clients’ expectations in a Safe, Responsible and Dependable manner.”
On-Board Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
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