Antibody Purification Scientist

Hobson Prior are looking for an Antibody Purification Scientist to join the Antibody Purification Team at a leading biopharmaceutical company on a 12-month contract. You will be responsible for the production and characterisation of antibody research reagents to support all active research and early development pipeline projects at a wide range of scales (mg's to grams).

Job Responsibilities:

• Join a high-performing team responsible for production of antibody proteins to support all research activities. They rely on platform approaches for the purification and analysis of mammalian expressed antibodies in a variety of species, isotypes and formats.
• The APS team has strong links within Early Solutions Research, as well as therapeutic antibody process development, and is represented on all active research project teams.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrate a flexible and professional attitude with a willingness to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Demonstrate good presentation, communication and data sharing skills in one to one and team meetings.
• Organise and maintain lab equipment to high standards, including maintenance and cleaning.
• Organise work effectively and manage time to work on multiple projects.
• Maintain diligent record keeping of experimental methods and results via electronic laboratory notebooks and online registration system.

Requirements:

• Purification of antibody, antibody fragment and novel antibody format biologicals from transient mammalian expression platforms, including CHO and HEK, according to agreed timelines.
• Perform automated medium to high throughput antibody purification and analytical assays, and to understand/interpret data to support research project progression and antibody discovery.
• Experience running AKTA/Unicorn purification systems and UPLC/Empower and/or HPLC/Chemstations analytical systems.
• Competence in a range of protein characterisation techniques: Analytical SEC, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, and UV-Vis spectroscopy.
• Aid in the identification, testing and transfer of new methods/technologies in the field of protein chromatography.
• Recognise purification and antibody quality abnormalities, alert stakeholders with observations and consider possible solutions.
• Be willing and ready to learn new antibody purification techniques and/or refine those already acquired.
• As a bonus, experience of mammalian cell culture and aseptic techniques.

Apply now:

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