AI-Driven Wet-Lab Scientist: Protein Design

Emploive; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptyv in London is building an automated wet lab that enables AI agents to run biology experiments and design better proteins.

You will work with customers to translate biological questions into design strategies and experimental plans, bridging design models and our automation platform. This role involves developing new assays, guiding design approaches, and shaping ARIA programmes with their Creators.

Qualifications

• Degree and/or hands-on experience in protein design or related field.
• Experience with SPR, BLI, nanoDSF or similar biophysical methods.
• Proficiency in Python, notebooks and basic statistics.
• Strong scientific communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with ambiguous problems and iterate experiments.

Responsibilities

• Lead scientific projects translating questions into protein design and assays.
• Guide protein design strategies using de novo, diffusion-based methods and ML.
• Analyze assay data with customers to inform designs.
• Develop new experimental capabilities and bring them onto automation platform.
• Collaborate with ARIA Programme Directors to anticipate needs.
• Build long-term scientific partnerships and feed learnings into roadmap.

Skills

Protein design

Python

Data analysis

Biophysical methods

Education

Degree in protein design/biochemistry/structural biology

Tools

SPR

BLI

nanoDSF

Lab automation

Job description

Adaptyv in London is building an automated wet lab that enables AI agents to run biology experiments and design better proteins.

You will work with customers to translate biological questions into design strategies and experimental plans, bridging design models and our automation platform. This role involves developing new assays, guiding design approaches, and shaping ARIA programmes with their Creators.