Scientist 2 - The Fountain Group

The Fountain Group are a national staffing firm and are currently seeking a Scientist 2 for a prominent Pharmaceutical client of ours. This position is in Swiftwater, PA. Details for the position are as follows:
 
Job Description:

• Pay: 28.00-38.00/hr.
• 1 year assignment to start with potential for extension or conversion.
• This position in in the RNA, Gene Therapy and Delivery Department offers an exciting opportunity to help develop Gene Therapies for unmet medical needs. We are investigating the use of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) vectors to deliver therapeutic proteins to patients for disease prevention and treatment, especially for ophthalmological, neurological, and therapies for infectious disease.
• We are seeking a highly motivated scientist to join a group that is engineering recombinant TESSA adenoviral vectors- a new scalable platform for manufacturing AAV therapies.
• Will purify and characterize viruses, providing data to advance lead candidates.
• Small-scale adenovirus production in mammalian cell culture and virus purification by AKTA-based IEX chromatography.
• Performing a range of viral titration and QC assays including ddPCR, viral potency measurements, PAGE/ agarose gel electrophoresis, western blotting, DLS/DSF, and ELISA.