Bio-Conjugation Scientist

Job Title: Bio-Conjugation Scientist

Work Location: South San Francisco, CA

Contract Duration: 12 Months + Possible Extension

Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 8AM – 5PM

Note: Onsite, 100% Lab based role. Possibility of extension.

Qualifications

This is a Bio-conjugation Scientist role, so please advertise it as per this title to get the relevant resumes and candidates’ applications.

Education Requirement

• Minimum qualifications include a B.S./M.S/ PHD in chemistry, biochemistry, or related field, with industrial or academic experience.
  
  

Experience And Skills Required

• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry experience is needed with BS/MS and 5 years with PHD.
• Hands on experience with conjugation, purification and characterization of antibody drug conjugates, and experience using analytical techniques/instrumentation, including chromatographic techniques such as HIC (Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography) and RP (Reverse Phase), SEC, SDS-PAGE, UV‐Vis.
  
  

Nice to have skills: Biologics analytic experience, purification techniques.

Must have: Bio-conjugation experience, protein biochemistry and Chemistry background.

Personality: Team player, Adheres to timeline, Communicative and collaborative.

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking highly motivated and exceptional a Bio-conjugation Scientist for positions within the Discovery Chemistry Department located at our South San Francisco, CA site.

• The successful candidate will join multidisciplinary, highly collaborative discovery teams to invent novel medicines by applying optimized conjugation protocols, analytical techniques, and data analysis to synthesize drug candidates and intermediates.
• Successful candidates must have excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills in a team environment.
• Additionally, it is expected that the successful candidate will learn quickly through on-the-job training to become increasingly skilled and independent in reaction setup, route design and optimization.
  
  

Specific Responsibilities Will Include

• Perform bioconjugations of linker-payload combinations to antibodies with emphasis on in-house established methods
• Selection and application of appropriate purification techniques for biologics (i.e., SEC, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, ion exchange chromatography)
• Acquisition and interpretation of analytical data such as LC/MS.