Poultry Scientist

Job Description

Technical support of client projects

Egg Studies

Necropsies

Provide routine cell culture work in support of clinical programs and vaccine construct development

Provide in vivo clinical support in the preparation and testing of biologic specimens such as serum, tissues, swabs, and fecal material

Run basic analytical instruments such as plate readers, microplate washers, automated workstations etc. Perform analytical techniques upon biological specimens such as qPCR, ELISAs, Western, virus isolation, etc

Analyze and interpret experimental data with guidance

Contribute to writing of SOPs, study reports, and protocols

Write up laboratory notebooks regularly in compliance with guidelines

Take care of general housekeeping activities such as cleaning bench spaces, processing equipment and glass

Perform process characterization studies (including Bioreactor, Metabolic profiling, and DOE approaches) to identify and define acceptable parameter ranges for egg-based, CEF and tissue culture origin viruses

Order, maintain, and stock lab supplies such as common reagents, primary packaging materials, gloves, cleaning agents, safety glasses, etc.