Scientist - Biotech

Benefits

• Busy permanent scientific role!
• Leading biotechnology company
• Excellent company culture

About the company

This biotechnology company is driven to discover and develop new next generation and effective therapeutics and treatments addressing drug targets and indications that are challenging for other technologies and in areas of high-unmet medical need.

About the opportunity
In this role you will responsible for managing i-body pharmacological characterisation activities; providing pharmacological characterisation capabilities to support i-body drug development programs.

Duties

Pharmacology and Cell Biology activities including -

*Quantifying i-body binding to GPCRs and other receptors or proteins of interest (Assays may include in-house or outsourced binding assays such as FACS, fluorescent imaging and radioligand binding assays)

*Support ex-vivo pharmacology as required

Pre-clinical development activities -

*Contribute to identification and selection of appropriate ex vivo and in vivo disease models

*Contribute to selection of vendors and management of same from both a project tracking and scientific perspective

Skills and Experience

• PhD in a relevant scientific discipline
• Previous post-doctoral experience, preferably in a biotech environment, would be highly regarded
• Strong FACS experience and proficiency in designing, executing, and analysing FACS experiments and understanding of ligand binding assays, such radioligand or fluorescent ligand binding assays
• An understanding of the design and execution of assays to measure GPCR antagonist and agonist activity
• General cell and/or tissue pharmacology skills * Primary and/or mammalian cell culture experience * Strong organisational, planning and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Commitment to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement

Culture

Friendly and collaborative team culture; driven by their aim to discover and development therapeutics and treatments for areas of unmet medical need.