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Research Associate I/II

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 08/15/2024 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Research and Discovery Job Number: 11839 Pay Rate: $32.00 - $52.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. They are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline.

Role Overview:

Our client's Protein Sciences organization is seeking a highly motivated, scientifically curious, skilled, and productive research associate to advance efforts on drug discovery and gene therapy modalities in a contract role. This position offers hands-on experience in drug discovery. The candidate will be expected to work independently, to generate data and communicate results that drive project decisions.

Responsibilities:
  • Engineer therapeutics and perform biophysical, biochemical & biological analyses such as SPR/BLI for PPI assessment, enzymatic activity assays, cell culturing and transduction experiments
  • Cell culture, flow cytometry and transduction efficiency experiments
  • Operating FPLC for protein purification
  • Independently design and execute well-controlled experiments
  • Collect, analyze, interpret, and effectively communicate data
  • Collaborate across research groups to support the development of therapeutics for both intracellular and extracellular targets
  • Communicating with and presenting to collaborators across research community

Job Requirements

Qualifications:
  • BS, MS, or PhD in biochemistry, protein engineering, molecular biology, molecular virology or a related discipline, with significant wet-lab experience
  • Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills required
  • Knowledge of basic wet-lab skills including, but not limited to: protein purification (FPLC) and characterization, PCR, construct design, cloning, biochemical and biophysical assays
  • Proficiency with SPR / BLI, mammalian cell culture, flow cytometry, and/or working with adeno associated viruses (AAVs) is preferred
  • Motivated, collaborative, self-directed, efficient
  • Meticulous, detail-oriented and organized, with excellent problem solving and analytical skills

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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