Analytical Scientist - Antibody Discovery

Role Title: Analytical Scientist – Antibody Discovery

Duration: 12 months, potential extension

Location: Stevenage (Hybrid 1 day)

Rate: £22.80 per Hour PAYE

**This position would suit a recent PhD graduate or someone with a B.Sc. and several years of lab experience with the below techniques**

Our Client

Our clients' goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people. Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:

Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity

Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork

Role purpose / summary

Part of R&D, Large Molecule Discovery is accountable for the discovery of antibodies and other protein-based therapeutics. We work across different therapeutic areas from oncology to autoimmunity and infectious diseases. Within Large Molecule Discovery, the Developability team assesses our molecules using a range of biophysical methods to determine their physical characteristics and stability.

We are looking to hire an analytical scientist to characterise our molecules using a range of chromatography- and spectroscopy-based methods. The successful candidate will characterise large panels of protein-based lead molecules, either monoclonal antibodies or more complex formats such as bispecifics, perform the data analysis and interpretation, record the outcomes in electronic lab notebooks and communicate these to project teams,

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued, and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Responsibilities:

Plan, design, and execute experiments to characterise proteins using biophysical methods, such as SEC, DLS and DSF

Communicate experimental outcomes to non-experts on multi-disciplinary project teams

Keep high quality electronic lab notebooks

Key Skills/ requirements

Basic Qualifications:

PhD or equivalent experience in chemical or biological sciences.

Demonstrated, hands-on experience characterising proteins using biophysical methods including SEC, DLS and DSF

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Experience in working with automated liquid handlers

Familiarity with antibody drug discovery processes

Experience characterising protein-protein interactions using surface plasmon resonance

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!