2009
12.13

Local Biotech

Finding a job can be a tough pursuit.  Responding to ads online at careerbuilder.com and the washingtonpost.com can be a good place to start, but often disappointing with limited response from employers to candidates with limited experience.    By all means, don’t give up, send out many resumes and job applications, if possible taylor your responses to each position.  In my job search, a personal connection has been much more useful than random resume distribution.  Consider developing relationships with local biotech corporations, universities, and organizations.  So where should we start?  Let’s build a list.  I’ll post a few contacts.  Please respond with anything We’ve left out.  If you find that a particular contact is outdated, please do send an email or PM.  Feel free to respond to this post with any of your experiences in your DC biotech job search.

On-Line:
asm.org The American Society of Microbiology is another excellent resource!  
careerbuilder.com’s DC Bio-Tech Section.  This may be a bit obvious, but it will help develop an understanding and contact with local jobs and salaries!  Who knows, you might find a good opening!
usajobs is another great place.  Find a government job!
washingtonpost.com Does have strong leads on openings in the biotech world.
Biotech Career Center looks promising, there are many resources available on their site.
Education Links biotech education information on the a USDA site…

DC:

American Society-Microbiology
1752 N St NW, Washington, DC 20036
(202) 737-3600
http://www.asm.org/

The Washington DC Technology Council
1400 K Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.637.9333
http://www.dctechcouncil.org/

Biotechnology
Industry Organization

1225 Eye Street NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202.962.9200
http://www.bio.org

Georgetown University
37th and Ost., NW
Washington, DC 20057
http://www.georgetown.edu/

Merck & Company Inc
601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-638-4170
http://www.merck.com/

Maryland:

Avalon Pharmaceuticals
20358 Seneca Meadows Parkway 
Germantown, Maryland 20876 U.S.A. 
 301-556-9900 
http://www.avalonrx.com/

BioReliance Corporation
14920 Broschart Road 
Rockville _Maryland 20850-3349 
http://www.bioreliance.com/flash.html
800-553-5372 

BioWarn, LLC
19632 Clubhouse Road 
Suite 520 
Montgomery Village, Maryland 22124 U.S.A. 
 301-926-9050 
 http://www.biowarnllc.com

Celera Genomics Group-an Applera Corp. Business
45 West Gude Drive 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. 
 240-453-3000 
http://celera.com 

Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc. 
1111 S. Paca Street 
Baltimore, Maryland 21230 U.S.A.
410-843-5000
http://cblinc.com 

Emergent BioSolutions
300 Professional Drive 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 U.S.A. 
301-944-0290 
http://www.emergentbiosolutions.com

FDA
5600 Fishers Lane 
Rockville, Maryland 20857 U.S.A. 
 301-443-3170 or 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332) 
http://www.fda.gov

Gene Logic Inc.
610 Professional Drive 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 U.S.A. 
 301-987-1700 
 http://www.genelogic.com

George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: (202) 994-6090
http://www.gwu.edu/~biology/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4000 Jones Bridge Road 
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 U.S.A. 
 301-215-8500 
 http://www.hhmi.org

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
9410 Key West Avenue 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. 
 301-309-8504 
http://www.hgsi.com/

In Vitro Technologies
1450 South Rolling Road 
Baltimore, Maryland 21227 U.S.A. 
888-488-3232 
http://www.invitrotech.com

Invitrogen Corporation
14920 Broschart Road 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. 
301-738-1000  
http://www.invitrogen.com

Kelly Scientific Resources 
6021 University Boulevard, Suite 340 
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043 U.S.A. 
410-203-9588 
http://www.kellyservices.com

Medical Staffing Network
6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 903 
Rockville, Maryland 20852 U.S.A. 
301-770-2000
http://www.MSNHealth.com

MedImmune, Inc.
One MedImmune Way 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 U.S.A. 
301-398-0000
http://www.medimmune.com/

National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892 U.S.A. 
301-496-4000
http://www.nih.gov/

QIAGEN Sciences, Inc.
19300 Germantown Road 
Germantown, Maryland 20874 U.S.A. 
http://www.qiagen.com/

SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
National Cancer Institute at Frederick 

P.O. Box B, Building 372 
Frederick, Maryland 21702 U.S.A. 
301-846-5362
http://saic.ncifcrf.gov/

Shire Laboratories
1550 East Gude Drive 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. 
 301-838-2500 
 http://www.shirelabs.com

Tech Council of Maryland
9700 Great Seneca Highway 
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. 
240-453-6200  240-453-6201
http://www.mdhitech.org/

Technical Resources International  (TRI)
6500 Rock Spring Drive
Suite 650
Bethesda  Maryland  20817  U.S.A.
Phone: 301-564-6400 Fax: 301-897-7400
www.tech-res.com

Virginia:

American Type Culture Collection
P.O. Box 1549 
Manassas, Virginia 20108 U.S.A. 
Phone: 703-365-2700
http://www.atcc.org/

Bio Traces
13455 Sunrise Dr # 100, Herndon, VA 20171
(703) 793-1550
http://www.biotraces.com

Edison Lab 
1800 N Edison St, Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 527-9327

Fairfax Medical Laboratory 
10875 Main St # 207, Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 691-8366

Inova Reference Laboratory
110 Maple Ave E, Vienna, VA 22180
(703) 938-4039

Laboratory Corp Of America 
4001 Fair Ridge Dr # 104, Fairfax, VA 22033
(703) 385-5586
http://www.labcorp.com/

Microbiotest Inc
105 Carpenter Dr # B, Sterling, VA 20164
(703) 925-0100
http://microbiotest.com/

Science & Technology Assoc
4100 Fairfax Dr # 910, Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 522-5123

National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard 
Arlington, Virginia 22230 U.S.A. 
703-292-5111 
http://www.nsf.gov/

Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC)
2214 Rock Hill Road, Suite 300 
Herndon, Virginia 20170 U.S.A. 
703-904-7878 Fax: 703-904-8008 
E-Mail: nvtc@nvtc.org

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
1750 Kraft Drive, Suite 1100 
Corporate Research Center – Virginia Tech 
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 U.S.A. 
Phone: 540-231-2100 Fax: 540-231-1777 
E-Mail: bioinfo@vt.edu

Virginia Biotechnology Association
800 East Leigh Street, Suite 14 
Richmond, Virginia 23219-1534 U.S.A. 
Phone: 804-643-6360 Fax: 804-643-6361
http://www.vabio.org/

Virginia Biotechnology Research Park
800 East Leigh Street 
Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. 
Phone: 804-828-5390 Fax: 804-828-8566 
http://www.vabiotech.com/

Wyeth
2248 Darbytown Road 
Richmond, Virginia 23261 U.S.A. 
http://www.wyeth.com/

Covance Laboratories
9200 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182
Phone:
(703) 245-2200
http://www.covance.com/

Washington Pathology
360 Maple Ave W # F, Vienna, VA 22180
Phone:
(703) 255-5504

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