Biochemist - Phage Display - Eurofins USA PSS Insourcing Solutions

Consider joining Lancaster Laboratories where people are the most important element in our chemistry.  Celebrating 50 years of service, Lancaster Laboratories is a leading contract lab providing testing and research services in the environmental, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical sciences to clients worldwide.

• Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories PSS is searching for a biochemist to play a key role in development and optimization of technologies that complement our client’s current ones. Responsibilities include performing standard molecular biology and biochemical techniques including PCR amplification, cloning, library construction, mutagenesis, sequence analysis, immunoassays, and binding kinetic determinations.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Execute Phage display panning and screening utilizing molecular biology and biochemical techniques to identify hits to support discovery projects.
• Construct high quality phage display libraries and QC.
• Independently execute experiments, analyze, interpret and present experimental data
• Work collaboratively with project teams to achieve critical research objectives and timelines.

• Candidates should have a B.S in biological sciences (immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry, or similar field) with 1-2 years of relevant academic or industrial experience.
• Strong skills in molecular biology techniques and/or biochemical assay development.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Experience in high throughput cloning, phage display or protein screening is a plus

Further responsibilities include working collaboratively with other groups to achieve objectives and timelines. Excellent communication, planning, organizational and record keeping skills with an attention to detail are essential.

• Comprehensive medical coverage, with dental and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Compensation Range  - $52,000-$56,000/yr

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services® (PSS) is a global, award-winning insourcing solution that places our people at our clients’ site dedicated to running and managing laboratory services while eliminating headcount, co-employment and project-management worries.

We infuse our 55-year track record of scientific and laboratory operations expertise, as well as HR and great place to work best practices, to recruit, hire, train and manage highly qualified scientists to perform laboratory services using our client’s quality systems and equipment.

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.