Cell Culture Scientist Jobs

Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., a division of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Cell Culture Scientist within the Discovery Technologies and Molecular Pharmacology group located in Spring House, PA.

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Our Discovery Technology and Molecular Pharmacology (DTMP) organization is growing and seeking to add a Cell Culture Scientist to our Tissue Culture Support & Screening Automation team. This role will be responsible for all tissue culture related activities involved with delivering high quality cells to DTMP scientists for use in High Throughput screening (HTS), Compound Profiling (CP), assay development, technology evaluations, downstream triage assays and other objectives requiring delivery and maintenance of live cell cultures and or frozen cell banks.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively managing multiple cell lines simultaneously
• Identify, implement, and optimize novel tissue culture technologies and techniques to improve efficiency, throughput, robustness, and quality of cell deliverables
• Work closely with DTMP scientists to troubleshoot problematic cell lines and optimize growth conditions
• Ordering of TC consumables (specific TC flasks) and Sending out cell lines for testing
• Collaborating closely with DTMP scientist to optimize growth of cell lines to achieve performance and quantity goals
• Managing supply of media components (includes ordering, stocking) required to grow / bank / deliver assigned cell lines
• Deliver high quality cells either in suspension at requested density, or plated in an assay plate using one of several plate based liquid handlers (Multidrop Combi)
• Keep cell culture growth characteristics up to date in Openlab
• Management of multiple cell lines for delivery of various sizes and frequencies across multiple output deliverables, including but not limited to, suspensions, flasks, cryopreserved cell, etc
• Working with assay development scientists to plan seeding schedule and harvest schedule to achieve delivery requirements and cell performance goals

Job Qualifications

• Expertise growing engineered cell lines, primary cell lines, IPS, organoid and Co-culture is preferred
• Ability to interact with all levels within the organization, as well as with suppliers and vendors is preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree Required: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, or related discipline with a minimum of 3 years of cell culture experience is required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are required
• Track record in implementing and integrating novel cell culture technology is preferred
• Strong communication and project management skills is required
• Expertise with a variety of tissue culture vessels for both adherent and suspension cells is required
• Experience with automated plate based liquid handlers (Multidrop Combi, tempest, Bravo, HRB Prime, GNF WD2) is preferred
• 5+ years of relevant cell culture experience is preferred
• Good organizational, project management and presentation skills is preferred
• This position is located on-site in Spring House, PA and may require up to 10% general travel
• Recognized subject matter expert in tissue culture techniques is required

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Primary Location

NA-US-Pennsylvania-Spring House

Organization

Janssen Research & Development, LLC (6084)

Travel

Yes, 10 % of the Time

Job Function

R&D