**Position Objective:** The Biologist will provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases within the National Institutes of Health.

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Serve as subject matter expert (SME) on mRNA-LNP process development and production. Keep up to date on leading industry practices and investigate new techniques for implemented LNP production.
+ Produce mRNA-LNP materials needed for analytical development and formulation stability studies
+ Assists with performing basic laboratory experiments and procedures
+ Design library screening studies to enable evolution of lipid libraries on lipid nanoparticle formation, processing and in-process stability
+ Optimize filtrations methods to support buffer formulation and concentration of mRNA-lipid nanoparticles, including sterile filtration and tangentially flow filtration (TFF)
+ Evaluate process efficiency by m...