The Beam Quality Control (QC) team provides testing support for GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) products at the Cambridge QC Laboratory and to external testing vendors and is seeking a co-op to join their team from July through December 2024. The QC team tests a variety of products including cell banks, plasmids, gRNA, mRNA, lipids, cell therapies and LNPs (lipid nano particles). QC also works with many different types of methods for example bioburden, Solo VPE, HPLC, cell based, ELISA, and sequencing. The Quality Control team is responsible for determining the stability and shelf-life of products. The QC co-op will gain experience navigating real world projects related to potency testing and tissue culture.

Responsibilities:

The QC co-op will have responsibility for projects associated with the potency testing for multiple products. The QC co-op, under the guidance of their mentor, will be accountable for preparing the cell culture media, maintaining the laboratory cell lines, and freezing down master and working cell banks. This co-op will consist of drafting standard operating procedures (SOP) and putting them through the documentation system. The QC co-op will also perform tasks in the QC laboratory consisting of sample log in, reagent management, buffer preparation and sample testing.

Qualifications:

• Candidate must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, or related field.
• Prior industry internship or academic lab-based research experience is preferred.
• The candidate should have a solid academic foundation in science and laboratory coursework (examples: biology/chemistry/biochemistry, biochemical/bioengineering, microbiology, tissue culture, molecular biology, etc.).