Senior Scientist

Syndex Bio; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Syndex Bio Limited in Cambridge is seeking a Protein Engineering - Senior Scientist who thrives in the lab and loves solving complex protein engineering challenges. This hands-on role sits in a collaborative R&D team focused on developing next-generation biological tools, where you will design experiments, run assays, analyze data and communicate findings across the company.

You will work across the full-engineering cycle from cloning and expression to screening, with opportunities to advance

Qualifications

• PhD with 2+ years industry experience or MSc/BSc with 5+ years industry experience.
• Experience in cloning large numbers of plasmids.
• Protein screening using a variety of assays.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to plan work independently.
• Desirable: Protein expression and purification, NGS library prep & sequence analysis, Bioinformatics.

Responsibilities

• Perform high throughput cloning and protein expression.
• Build, troubleshoot and optimise cloning and assays for protein screening.
• Maintain accurate experimental records and contribute to technical documentation.
• Collaborate with scientists across the company and present findings to project teams.

Skills

Cloning plasmids

Protein screening

Organizational skills

Independent work planning

Education

PhD with 2+ years industry experience

MSc/BSc with 5+ years industry experience

Tools

Protein expression and purification

NGS library prep & sequence analysis

Bioinformatics

Job description

We are looking for a Protein Engineering - Senior Scientist who loves being in lab, contributing to creating the next generation of biological tools.

About the Role

You will join a collaborative R&D team focused on technology development. This is a hands-on laboratory role where you will tackle challenging and meaningful protein engineering problems. You will have the opportunity to design your experiments using multiple strategies and influence the project direction. The role requires to create and run new assays but also perform the data analysis. You will also communicate your findings and scientific conclusions across different levels of the company, ensuring your work has visibility and contributes directly to our R&D strategy. There are multiple learning opportunities.

What you will do

• The team will be here to help you using different tools to design your campaigns: structural tools, alignments and other prediction methods.
• High throughput cloning and protein expression
• Build, troubleshoot and optimise cloning and assays for protein screening
• Maintain accurate experimental records and contribute to technical documentation
• Work closely with scientists across the whole company
• Present experimental findings to project teams

About you

• Education in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or any related field: PhD with 2+ years of industry experience, or MSc/BSc with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Essential skills:
• o Experience in cloning large number of plasmids
• o Protein screening using a variety of assays
• o Excellent organizational skills and ability to plan work independently
• Desirable but not essential, experience with
• oProtein expression and purification
• oNGS library preps and sequence analysis
• oBioinformatics

Why Join Us?

• Join a supportive team that values curiosity, creativity, open communication and continuous learning
• Opportunities to grow your skills and advance your career in R&D
• Competitive salary and benefits
• A chance to contribute to products that accelerate scientific discovery

This is a full time and on-site position. You must be able to demonstrate your right to work in the UK. No agencies please.