What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Scientist position at The Fountain Group LLC?
Shift:
- Working Hours: 8:00AM-5:00PM CST, Monday - Friday.
- 6-month contract with potential to convert to FT
Pay: $27.40/Hour
Overview:
- The role is responsible for basic lab safety - proper use of PPE, chemical storage and handling, including potentially biohazardous materials
- Culturing of E coli, plasmid DNA transformation into E coli, cell banking
- Restriction cloning, HiFi/Gibson Assembly cloning, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis and interpretation of gel images
- Adhering to cloning procedures and ability to take detailed notes for Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)
- Working in a detail-oriented manner to ensure samples are separated
- Adhering to protocols
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree with 2 yrs lab experience
- Basic Molecular Biology, Restriction Enzyme usage and cloning, PCR amplification, HiFi/Gibson Assembly cloning, Bacterial transformation, Culture growth, DNA preparation (miniprep scale), Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Agarose gel interpretation, Basic lab skills, Aseptic Technique, Pipetting and solution handling,
- Cannot mix up samples,
- Take detailed notes on work performed
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.
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