MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories (Hilleman Labs), is a joint venture between Merck & Co., Inc. (which operates in India as MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.) and Wellcome Trust (which is a UK based research charity).
A first-of-its-kind initiative, Hilleman Labs is an equal joint-venture partnership formed between Merck & Co., a research-driven pharmaceutical company and Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation dedicated to human and animal health. Headquartered in India, Hilleman Laboratories is an international organization strengthened by presence of global leadership and scientific team, which is working incessantly to develop safe, effective, affordable and sustainable vaccines for developing countries.
Post: Associate Scientist - Molecular Biology
Job Description
Hilleman Labs is looking for candidates to fill the position of Associate Scientist – Molecular Biology R&D. The incumbent, will support all molecular biology work related to vaccine development. 90% of the time will be spent in the lab working on creating recombinant strains, to be used for vaccine development.
The key indicative functions for this position
- Proper documentation in form of Lab reports
- Experimental design
- Lab Management as a team member
- Literature search
- Manuscript/Patent writing as required
Required skills:
- Hands-on experience in gene cloning & overexpression of proteins in bacterial expression system. Experience in expression vector design and expression of multi-peptide membrane proteins in E. coli.
- Molecular biology techniques like PCR, Gene Cloning, Gene Knock-out, Bacterial genomic DNA
- Plasmid extraction, RNA isolation, Reverse Transcriptase PCR.
- Biochemical techniques like protein purification using His-Tag and other column based chromatography, PAGE etc.
- Immunological techniques like Western blot, Dot blot & ELISA Knowledge of Bioinformatics like Nucleotide & Protein sequence alignment, BLAST, primer designing, knowledge of sequence assembly of bacterial genomic sequence would be an added advantage
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Candidate Profile
Ideal Experience
- Masters in Molecular Biology with preferably 2-3 years of Experience in Molecular Biology
- Sound knowledge of all molecular biology techniques
- Good at Documentation of Lab results and experimentation planning
Other Personal Characteristics
- Team player with ability to work effectively with colleagues
- Ability to deliver on complex projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Additional Information:
Experience: 2-3 Years
Qualification: Masters in Molecular Biology
Location: Delhi
Functional Area: R&D
Industry Type: Pharma/Biotech/Clinical Research
End Date: 13th October, 2016
Email: hr@hillemanlabs.org
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