High-Throughput Protein Production Scientist — Automation & Data

GSK; Stevenage, Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

Pension plan

Shares and savings programme

Job summary

GSK in Stevenage is seeking an experienced High Throughput Protein Production Scientist to run high-throughput workflows for expression, purification and QC of proteins, collaborating with biologists, engineers and data scientists to meet project timelines.

You will work with automation and data tools, develop data analysis pipelines, and contribute to protein library investigations; relocation to Cambridge is planned by early 2029.

Qualifications

• Degree in Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Cell Biology, Biotechnology or related discipline with extensive experience.
• Hands-on experience expressing and purifying recombinant proteins using bacterial, yeast or mammalian systems.
• Experience with automated liquid handling or robotic platforms and high-throughput workflows.

Responsibilities

• Run high-throughput workflows (96/384-well plates) and process data by established analysis pipelines.
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis in tools such as Excel, Spotfire, and Python.
• Support the creation of democratised data analysis pipelines for other scientists to use (e.g. Signals VitroVivo).
• Create and execute strategies for hypothesis-led investigation of protein libraries for key characteristics such as expression, purity or protein-protein interaction.
• Develop and troubleshoot automation processes (e.g. CyBio FeliX).
• Work with automation engineers and data scientists to integrate lab automation and experiment tracking systems.

Skills

Protein expression

Protein purification

High-throughput workflows

Automated liquid handling

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

MSc or PhD in Life Sciences

Bachelor's in Biochemistry/Protein Science

Tools

CyBio FeliX

LIMS

ELNs

PyMOL

MOE

AlphaFold

Job description

GSK in Stevenage is seeking an experienced High Throughput Protein Production Scientist to run high-throughput workflows for expression, purification and QC of proteins, collaborating with biologists, engineers and data scientists to meet project timelines.

You will work with automation and data tools, develop data analysis pipelines, and contribute to protein library investigations; relocation to Cambridge is planned by early 2029.