Scientist I, Protein Biology

Role:

To be an integral part of an antibody development team with a focus on performance and specificity using innovative molecular, protein, and cell biology methods.

• Meticulous experimental planning and execution to meet program goals.
• Timely record keeping of results into data sheets and laboratory note-books.
• Regular mining of literature and keeping oneself up to date with developments in field of antibody development, protein engineering and molecular biology.
• Timely compilation and presentation of data in written and oral formats. Active participation in team meetings.
• Active participation in organizing common workspace and tracking common use reagents
• Attention to detail and adherence to schedules.

Education & Experience levels:

Applicants should have Masters with 0-4 years experience or a PhD in a life sciences field (submitted within the last one year) with a strong focus on biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology or immunology.

• Thorough in biochemical and immunoassay workflows such as recombinant protein expression and purification, ELISA, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, IF, IHC
• Proficient in molecular biology workflows such as high-throughput molecular cloning, plasmid vector construction, PCRs, Restriction digestion, Ligation, Transformation, Mini and maxi preps, sequencing.
• Practical experience in designing and execution of flow cytometry experiments is desirable.
• Ability to provide technical trouble shooting to resolve scientific problems.
• Proficient in software or platforms for molecular biology and sequence analysis, MS Office and statistical software such as GraphPad Prism.
• Theoretical or practical experience in antibody development platforms is desirable.
• Project or work experience in support of relevant skills such as publications, project reports or thesis work.
• Proficient in MS Office applications such as Word, Powerpoint, Excel and possess a strong statistical knowledge and familiarity with statistical software such as Prism.