Research Scientist - Protein Science with Focus on Insect Cells

Research Scientist - Protein Science with Focus on Insect Cells

Proteros Biostructures

Munich, Germany

Your mission

• Contribution to multidisciplinary teams with own scientific expertise to achieve corporate and customer goals of challenging drug discovery projects within the field of insect cell culture
• You will be responsible for development, execution and optimization of expression strategies for recombinant protein production in insect cells with the goal to reach protein amounts and quality suitable for our structural studies (cryoEM, crystallography)
• Your main focus will be a high-throughput small- (<10mL) and mid-scale (<500mL) screening pipeline for our insect cell expression platform as well as supporting those efforts for E.coli
• Preparation of all relevant project documentation (i.e. SOPs, technical reports, project plans, scientific presentations) will also be part of your work as well as their review and training
• Presentation of the scientific results as well as convincing and confident communication of the content to colleagues, customers and business partners

Your profile

• Proficient in insect cell culture for recombinant protein expression. Experience with other cell systems is a plus
• PhD in biochemistry or related field with an excellent proven track record
• Ideally 1-2 years working experience in the pharmaceutical industry regarding the development of small- or mid-scale screening for insect cells
• Hands-on mentality with a problem-solving mindset and attention to details
• Your positive and open personality helps you to understand other opinions and contributes to productive project discussions with internal and costumer project teams
• You work independent and service-oriented with an outstanding team spirit and excellent organization and communication skills

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