Associate staff scientist vs postdoctoral associate

Differences between associate staff scientist and postdoctoral associate duties and responsibilities

Associate staff scientist example responsibilities.

• Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
• Process client samples requiring DNA purification and DNA characterization.
• Perform sequencing and real time PCR.
• Conduct research on global regulatory networks using mutagenesis and DNA microarray techniques.
• Conduct behavioral neurobiology pharmaceutical research including data analysis, record keeping following FDA regulations.
• Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
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Postdoctoral associate example responsibilities.

• Develop and manage third party claim investigations and contractor remedial oversight for various insurance companies.
• Co-Authore NIH grant proposal on membrane protein folding.
• Participate in writing research grant applications including NIH and NSF.
• X-ray protein crystallographic studies on the structures of antibodies and DNA.
• Purify DNA from subject blood samples and organize the genome screen.
• Complete mice handling training and currently using CRISPR technology to knockout genes in cell lines.
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