Postdoctoral Scientist – Protein Engineering
Grifols
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Emeryville • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,107 - $125,134 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Work collaboratively and productively as part of a team highlighting their individual contributions but also advancing the larger project scope
- Includes working effectively with small core team and with functional teams within the larger research organization
- Investigating, developing, and establishing new methods and technologies for recombinant protein diagnostic and therapeutic production and characterization
- Designs, executes, and analyzes experiments
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments
- Provides regular updates to overseeing scientist(s) and other postdocs on status of experiments and studies
- Capable of planning multifaceted projects and incorporating multiple experimental approaches appropriately
- Source and interpret literature, run database searches, plan and design experimental studies, execute and refine experiments, interpret and communicate findings
- Presents research results to colleagues at scientific meetings, publishes scientific manuscripts and contributes to creation of Intellectual Property
- Maintains laboratory notebook and complies to scientific recordkeeping policies
- May supervise interns or lower-level lab technicians as needed
Requirements
- Recently finished (< 1 year) or near completing (<3 months remaining) doctoral degree (PhD, MD or other) in applicable science, engineering, or medical field
- 0-2 years of experience in experimental laboratory post PhD
- Working knowledge of molecular biology, protein design, biochemistry (purification of soluble and membrane proteins), protein characterization (DLS/MALS, HPLC, DSF, affinity and kinetic analysis, etc.), microscopy, tissue and hybridoma culture, monoclonal antibody discovery, and assay development including ELISA
- Knowledge and mass spectrometry and/or structural biology methods is highly desirable
- Trained in handling biohazardous and infectious samples
- Exercises judgement and initiative in making project decisions
- Creativity and originality in experimental work is expected
- Clear oral, verbal, and written communication is required
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
- up to 5% 401(K) match
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
molecular biologyprotein designbiochemistryprotein characterizationDLSMALSHPLCDSFaffinity analysiskinetic analysis
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationcreativityinitiativejudgmentinterpersonal skillsproject planningproblem-solvingpresentation skillsscientific writing
Certifications
PhDMD