By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Position Summary:
As an Advanced Research Associate in the Conjugation lab, you will be responsible for preparing conjugated proteins, antibodies, enzymes, oligonucleotides, and microparticles for both manufacturing and research purposes. In addition, you may help prepare and test other chemistry related reagents for manufacturing and QC teams.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to grow your analysis, problem solving, and troubleshooting experience in a collaborative and energetic biotech manufacturing environment. You will find that this position offers continuous learning and development as you grow your product knowledge, technical manufacturing & testing expertise, and engage in a variety of lab techniques every day.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare conjugated proteins, antibodies, enzymes and microparticles for both manufacturing and research according to written SOPs.
- Occasionally assist in development of new procedures for new products.
- Perform in-process testing of conjugates stocks used in Bio-Techne assay platforms.
- Manufacture bulk builds of biotin-cocktails and other related reagents. Perform component stock and bulk in-process testing.
- Complete post-manufacturing processing, sterile filtering, vialing, and labelling of conjugated products.
- Troubleshoot problematic conjugates with increasing independence.
- Consider opportunities to improve department efficiency and cost-savings and assist in implementation.
- Manage information and data in batch records, spreadsheets, computer databases, paper documentation, etc.
- Assist with SOP and document revision.
- Follow guidelines for company safety, quality, training procedures, and regulation policies.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biological sciences, or equivalent (chemistry or biochemistry preferred) required with a minimum of 2 to 5 years laboratory experience, or 0 to 2 years relevant experience with a master’s degree. Conjugation, purification, and immunoassay experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of purification, conjugation, and structure of proteins and antibodies.
- Knowledge of general and sterile lab techniques, pipetting, equipment, and inventory.
- Ability to handle repetitive complex tasks.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office with emphasis on Excel.
- Aptitude to plan, organize, and multi-task to complete assignments in an efficient manner.
- Capability to work in a fast-faced environment with shifting priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to pay attention to detail and perform at a high level of accuracy.
- Capacity to analyze complicated data.
- Skills in problem solving, including the ability to identify and appropriately evaluate a course of action.
- Knowledge of safety and company procedures and practices.
- Proficiency at professional communication, both orally and in writing.
- Capability to work independently on routine assignments or projects and collaborate with a team.
- Ability to work hours that conform to standard business operations (typically 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.).
Why Join Bio-Techne:
We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families.
We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan.
We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.
We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging.
We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
