Biologist

**Position Objective:** Provide services as a Biologist in support of the overall functions of the Vaccine Production Program in the Vaccine Research Center within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Develop viral vaccines, recombinant proteins and/or virus-like particles or monoclonal antibodies.
+ Perform investigations and documentation of cell line growth, optimization of cell culture/fermentation conditions, cell culture technology development, improvement of cell culture platforms, modeling of cell culture behavior, troubleshooting of cell culture/fermentation processes, and tech transfer of defined cell culture/fermentation processes to the clinical production facility.
+ Capture process descriptions and results in lab notebooks, tech transfer documents, and technical reports.
+ Independently set-up and operate bioreactors and other cell culture equipment required while executing develo...