CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Protein Scientist to join a biotechnology company based in London on a permanent basis.
The Company:
Our client is on a mission to transform industrial chemical processes using cell-free biomanufacturing to empower users with the world?s most advanced, flexible and easily-scalable biocatalyst platform.
Benefits:
Salary between £50,000-£60,000 depending on experience, plus benefits including 23 days holiday plus bank holidays and stock options plan.
As a Senior Protein Scientist you will design and identify the best permutations of enzymes required to demonstrate the full potential of our clients enzyme immobilization technology. Your day-to-day may involve enzyme design, cloning, protein expression, enzyme characterisation using assays and general biochemical methods, project management and leading others.
What you'll be doing:
- Perform and troubleshoot experiments independently, supporting others to do the same.
- Design DNA constructs for cloning and expression of recombinant enzymes.
- Lead protein expression across a range of scales (1mL microwell - 500mL shake flasks).
- Characterise enzymes and proteins using established biochemical and/or enzymatic assays, participating in the assay development process where needed.
- Generate quantitative scientific data that is accurate and precise.
The successful candidate for this position will have:
- Experience in microbial enzyme expression and characterisation in industry or as a Postdoc.
- Experience with traditional and/or scarless DNA cloning methods.
- Experience with recombinant protein expression in E. coli and troubleshooting difficult expressions (yield, toxicity, solubility issues).
- Comfortable executing enzymatic assays and interpreting their results.
- Experience with basic bioinformatics tools for the analysis of protein sequences and structure (BLAST searches, multiple sequence alignment, Pymol).
- Experience as a people manager, enhancing the growth of others (supervising the research of PhD students does not count)
Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 55532 in all correspondence.
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- Agency: CK Group
- Reference: 55532
Website: CK Group
- Posted: 15th May 2023
- Expires: 12th June 2023
