Toxins Chemist x 2

Updated: June 14, 2024 11:38 AM GMT

Cefas

Weymouth

Your main duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Receipting and preparation of shellfish samples for testing, including shucking, box handling and dispatch.
• Extraction and analysis of shellfish for natural marine toxins.
• Shellfish extract clean-up using manual and automated solid phase extraction technologies.
• Daily operation of instrumental chemical detection tools to include quantitative high performance liquid chromatography, with various detectors.
• Major focus on the application of tandem mass spectrometry methods for lipophilic and hydrophilic marine toxins, plus cyanobacterial toxins.
• Trouble shooting of instrumentation problems, quality control and quality assurance issues.
• Assisting with investigations into performance issues and partaking in analytical research projects as requested.
• Adherence to laboratory health, safety, and environment requirements.
• Assistance with general laboratory maintenance activities (accreditation... More Detail