Senior Research Associate, Antibody Engineering and Discovery

CK Science is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to join a growing research team with the mission to serve patients with intractable cancers. This role is critical-path for the company and will have alarge impact internally.

The successful candidate for this position will be an integral member of the company's growing research team. You will play a critical role both in advancing our lead antibody program toward the clinic as well as with discovery efforts on our earlier-stage programs. You will work closely with experienced scientists in a fast-paced and dynamic research environment.

This role will be on a full time, permanent basis located in Boston, MA.

Responsibilities will include:

• Design and construct antibody libraries
• Manage and conduct yeast display campaigns to identify and optimize antibodies with desired properties
• Characterize antibody clones using techniques such as flow cytometry
• Collect and analyzedata from selections and present findings in group and project team meetings
• Design and clone mammalian expression constructs for antibodies including using Benchling for sequence verification, storage, and notebook entries.
• Collaborate with colleagues and contribute to technology and antibody discovery platform development
• Document work in a timely fashion in electronic lab notebook

Requirements:

• B.S. or M.S. in molecular biology, biochemistry, protein chemistry or related discipline with a minimum of 2 years experience, preferably in a biotech or pharmaceutical setting
• Experience in antibody discovery, e.g. engineering, expression, and/or characterization of antibodies and proteins in general
• Expertise in molecular biology and molecular biology concepts, e.g. primer design, PCR, Gibson assembly, and bacterial transformation
• Experience with phage or yeast display strongly preferred
• Experience with protein expression systems (bacterial and mammalian e.g. CHO and HEK) beneficial but not required
• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills, and demonstrated ability to independently execute against goals
• Team player, eager to learn and develop new skills, and capable of adapting to a dynamic research environment

Entitlement to work in the USA is essential. For more information or to apply for this position, please contact Amy Lloyd or Rob Angrave +1 617 692 2948 or email USA@ckscience.com. Please us 51599 in all correspondence.

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