The board
- Hours
- Full-time
- Where
- San Diego, CA
- Posted
- 6 days ago
Ready to launch the next step in your scientific career? Come join our dynamic and growing Drug Discovery team here at Eurofins! As a Scientist I, you'll be at the forefront of cell-based screening operations, utilizing advanced automation platforms, liquid handling systems, and analytical tools to support large-scale screening campaigns. If you're passionate about cell culture, enjoy tackling technical challenges, and want to work alongside a team of talented scientists driving meaningful discoveries, we'd love to hear from you.
Here's what you'll do:
What you'd do
- Be responsible for screening cell-based assays in an operations setting using plate reader such as EnVision or FLIPR instrumentation, liquid handling, and other lab automation.
- Serve as the primary point of contact and lead for assigned assay sets, responsible for developing the weekly assay schedule and independently executing assays with minimal supervision.
- Co-ordinate multiple projects simultaneously. This includes efforts for a bi-weekly large-scale safety pharmacology panel, routinely scheduled screens, HTS campaigns, and ad-hoc requests.
- Maintain all (25+) cell lines needed for the operation and providing screening plates or assays ready cells according to the business needs.
- Maintain inventory of bulk vials to sustain the business continuity.
- Support compound management by utilizing acoustic dispensing (Echo or ATS).
- Be in charge of optimizing screening assays to improve TAT.
- Coordinate cross-site screening facility efforts
- Set up training for new employees, establish and curate SOPs and routine QC.
- Be heavily involved in data management while optimizing workflow and remedy error prone steps and understand data management in CBIS.
What they want
- B.S. in biological sciences with 2-5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience working in an operations type screening lab maintaining mammalian cell lines is required.
- Experience performing and analyzing quantitative cell-based and/or biochemical assays is required.
- Experience with data management, including databases; assay troubleshooting experience. Maintains accurate and organized records for assay.
- Skilled in mammalian cell culture, biochemical and/or cell-based assay design, execution, and analysis.
- Skilled with data management and analysis software (i.e.
- Excel/GraphPad Prism or similar).
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent scheduling skills
- Skilled in assay troubleshooting and data management.
About Eurofins · Testing & Laboratory
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network…