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Biologist

Job Details

Level

Experienced

Job Location

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Gaithersburg Campus - Gaithersburg, MD

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Masters Degree

Travel Percentage

None

Job Shift

Day

Job Category

Public Health

Description

**Position:** Biologist

**Total Hours/Week:** 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; 40 hours/week

**Pay and Benefits:** This is a full-time position that pays an annual salary of $93,000 to $102,000. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, holiday time, and 401K. See more at GAPsi.com/benefits/.

**Employer:** GAP Solutions Inc., 205 Van Buren Street, Ste. 205, Herndon, VA, 20170

**Work Location:** 9 W. Watkins Mill Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878

**Respond To:** Qualified applicants can email resumes to [email protected] and reference “Biologist”. No phone calls please.

**Position Objective:** GAP Solutions, Inc., seeks a Biologist in Gaithersburg, Maryland to execute formulation and stability studies, including coordinating study tasks, interpreting analytical data using protein and vaccine structure, stability concepts, and elements of the effects of solution components on stability; generating samples; analyzing sample data; and presenting data to project teams.

Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Execute assay development studies for vaccine and biotherapeutic characterization under the guidance of senior personnel, including coordinating tasks; generating and analyzing samples; interpreting analytical data using protein and vaccine structure, stability concepts, and elements of the effects of solution components on stability; collating overall study data; and presenting study data to project teams.

+ Prepare technical protocols documenting formulation, stability, and method development studies in collaboration with senior personnel, including design based technical analytical experience and theoretical understanding of protein/vaccine structure and stability concepts.

+ Prepare technical reports documenting formulation, stability, and method development studies, which may include drafting, editing, and verification of data.

+ Contribute to professional manuscripts based on results of formulation, stability, and method development studies, as needed.

Qualifications

Education Requirements and Experience Requirements:

+ Qualified applicants must have a Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a foreign equivalent.

+ Qualified applicants must have two (2) years of post-baccalaureate experience as a Biologist, Scientist, or a substantially similar position. Qualified experience must include two (2) years of experience in the following: 1) Protein formulation; 2) Study coordination and execution in one of the following areas: protein/vaccine formulation, protein/vaccine stability, or protein/vaccine pre-formulation; 3) Data analysis; 4) Protein chemistry; and 5) JMP, Origin, GRAMS, Prism, and SigmaPlot.

*This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

GAP Solutions provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job, email us at [email protected] . You will need to reference the requisition number of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a requisition number will not be returned.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.