Bioconjugation Scientist
Description
Scientist (Antibody Conjugation)
Cambridge, UK
12 month FTC
Onsite – Full time
Up to £45,000 depending on experience.
Our client are a specialist life science organisation who develop, manufacture and sell kits and tools for use in research. A large part of their portfolio involves antibody conjugation technologies.
As a Scientist (12month fixed-term contract), you will be working in a wider team, developing new (and improving existing) antibody conjugation technologies and transferring the technology over to the manufacturing teams.
Main responsibilities:
- Working on antibody conjugation technology development projects, performing the antibody conjugations using new methods and testing their effectiveness.
- Leading developments projects for conjugations products including reagents. As part of this, you will write SOPs, risk assessments and will validate the products
- Analysis of antibody conjugations using HPLC, AKTA purification and spectroscopy.
- Supporting the transfer of product development projects to downstream manufacturing teams (including writing BMRs)
- Maintaining internal regulations and ISO9001
The Ideal Candidate:
- BSc / MSc / PhD (preferred) in a life science discipline (essential, ideally with a research project involving antibody conjugates such as ADCs)
- Proven post-graduate experience working in industry in a relevant scientific role, acting as a senior member, or leading on projects (essential - 2+ years for PhD holders, 5+ years for BSc/MSc)
- Experience in working with bioconjugation / antibody conjugation, assay development and analysis of conjugates (essential)
- Experience in HPLC, FPLC (AKTA systems) for protein purification (essential)
- Knowledge of assays which use antibody conjugates (ELISA, flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry etc) (essential)
- Experience in delivering complex projects on time and to a high standard (essential)
- Must have right to work in the UK without need for visa sponsorship (essential)
The Package
As an established global organisation, our client is able to offer a competitive salary, progression options and benefits package including private pension. Please note this role is initially offered on a 12 month fixed term contract.