Description:
Note:
Onsite 100% Thousand oaks
Initial contract term: 12 months with potential for renewal (up to three years of budgeted work).
Schedule: Monday to Friday, flexible hours (e.g., 8 AM–5 PM or early start/early finish)

• Ideal Candidate; Education, Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience: Recent graduates or individuals with basic laboratory training and experience in mammalian cell culture.
• Skills: Quick learning ability. Strong organizational skills to handle multiple assays and cell lines. Hardworking and adaptable to repetitive but critical tasks.
• Candidates from prestigious institutions (e.g., UCLA, UCSD, UCI) are preferred for their rigorous academic backgrounds. Preference for candidates with minimal prior industry experience, as more seasoned candidates may seek full-time roles and leave prematurely.
• Open to candidates taking gap years before graduate school, provided they can commit to at least one year.
• Lead Discovery & Characterization Bioassay (Cell Based Assay) - Thousand Oaks (ATO) is seeking an entry-level Contract/Temp worker to execute biochemical and cell-based Medicinal Chemistry Work Bench (MCWB) assays for pipeline projects at the ATO site.
• In addition to MCWB execution, this Contract/Temp staff will also help with an increasing demand for routine cell culture to support the expansion, aliquoting, cryobanking, QC of cell lines, and general lab support activities such as ordering/stocking reagents and consumables.

Daily activity will vary day-to-day but in scope activities include:

• Routine execution of MedChem Work Bench (MCWB) biochemical and cell-based assays such as protein binding and displacement, protein degradation, reporter assays, cell viability assays, cytokine secretion assays, etc.
• Analyze data in Genedata Screener under senior staff’s supervision and report the data to the assay data warehouse
• Document the experiments in Electronic Notebook.
• Update project teams with assay results.
• Order, prepare, and/or maintain reagents and consumables needed to perform MCWB assays.
• Maintain cell lines to support genome editing, assay development and assay deliveries.
• An ideal candidate should be a highly motivated quick learner with strong backgrounds in molecular & cellular biology and biochemistry. 
• Experience in developing and performing MICROTITER PLATE-based biochemical and/or cell-based TR-FRET, Alpha-screen, Cell Titer Glo and HiBiT-Nano-Glo assays is preferred.

Basic Qualifications    

• 0+ Years w/ Relevant BS OR equivalent 2+ Years w/ Relevant AS OR equivalent 4+ Years w/ HS Foundational knowledge of technical principles, theories, and concepts to perform routine work in a role

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:            

• Basic laboratory trainings in culture of mammalian cells;
• Good communication skills, oral and writing;
• Motivated and eager to learn and work well in a team setting
• Recent college graduates with BS in life science from UCLA, UCSD, UCI preferred

Pay Rate  between $21 - $24/Hr on W2 based on experience.

"This posting is for Contingent Worker, not an FTE"