Industrial pharmacist vs postdoctoral research associate

Differences between industrial pharmacist and postdoctoral research associate duties and responsibilities

Industrial pharmacist example responsibilities.

• Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
• Perform laboratory qualification of reference standards, including control substances according to GMP requirements.
• Perform research under ISO9001 certification, and produce marketing literature within FDA regulatory guidelines.
• Design experiments and statistically analyze data to comply with FDA requirements for stability, specificity, and accuracy.
• Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
• Perform statistical analyses of on/off-line manufacturing data to investigate failures of release parameters (harvest OD).

Postdoctoral research associate example responsibilities.

• Process and manage GIS databases to contribute towards research in human transportation behavior.
• Transfect 293-T cells with CRISPR constructs.
• Execute parallel synthesis on both solution and solid phase to develop library of compounds.
• Diagnose and resolve all instruments during breakdown (GC/MS/MS, GC/ECD, UV-Vis).
• Develop python codes to efficiently handle multiple read/unread, flag/unflag, and delete operations on emails.
• Characterize particles using DLS and UV-vis spectrophotometer to measure particle sizes and detect oxide layer, respectively.
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