Contract scientist vs postdoctoral associate

Differences between contract scientist and postdoctoral associate duties and responsibilities

Contract scientist example responsibilities.

• Manage data of project samples through LIMS software.
• Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
• Present chemistry of current and future targets at team meetings.
• Coordinate internal blood draws to harvest serum and plasma for future testing.
• Authenticate structure and purity of compounds by NMR, LCMS, HPLC, and CHN.
• Complete a proprietary research project in photo-electric chemistry.
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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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