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Biologist II

Worcester, MA 01605

Posted: 08/24/2023 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 582515 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Target PR Range: 30-38/hr
*Depending on experience
Description Details

Contract position Biologist II- ADC Platform

 

The ADC (Antibody Drug Conjugates) platform group within SMTPT (Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies. ADC Platform group collaborates with drug discovery project teams across all Company therapeutic areas including Oncology and Immunology. The ideal candidate will effectively work to collaborate with chemists, biologists and pharmacologists to characterize large and small molecules for ADC development.

 

Key Responsibilities:

· Design and execute in vitro assays for screening of biologics, small molecules and antibody drug conjugates

o Reporter, cytokine release, cell killing and antibody internalization assays

· Generate and characterize transient and stable cell lines to support antibody drug conjugate programs.

o Lipid transfection and lenti viral infections

· Characterize lead molecules and confirm mechanism of action

· Work collaboratively with project teams to deliver targets across portfolio

· Demonstrate scientific excellence, work ethic, and dedication to team and project goals

· Work collaboratively in a matrix with project teams and members of the Biologics Group to drive innovation and deliver novel therapies to patients

· Develop productive collaborations and communication with other groups across therapeutic areas

Basic Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in related discipline with 3 or more years of experience and a BS in Biology or Biochemistry

· Experienced screening antibodies, small molecules and siRNAs (reporter assays, proliferation and cytokine release)

· Experience executing antibody internalization and siRNA loss of function studies is a plus

· Experience with transfections and generating transient and stable cell lines

· Experience culturing adherent, suspension and primary cells

· Proficiency in performing flow cytometry and western blot experiments

· Experience with performing qPCR and automated western blot analysis

· Experience working with high throughput laboratory workflows and instruments such MACsQuant, FACS Canto, Microbeta, Wes, Amnis Imagestream, Via7 (taqman) and Spectramax plate readers.

· Experience documenting experimental methods and results into BIOELN

· Ability to summarize and present results to project teams
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