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Join a leading pharmaceutical company as a Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow, specializing in biophysical mass spectrometry. This opportunity allows you to innovate and collaborate across scientific boundaries while developing assays focused on protein interactions. The applied research program is designed to enhance your skills and contribute to vital discoveries in the field.
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Summary
As part of the Discovery Fellowship track of the Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, you will join our vibrant, dedicated postdoctoral community for events, including the monthly postdoc seminars and other scheduled events for postdocs. Fellows are surrounded by a supportive, collaborative community of postdocs and scientists, who would contribute to the acceleration of your scientific growth, along with building your professional skillset, e.g. you will have the opportunity to do a Postdoc Practicum in another laboratory or in a business function of Novartis. This applied research program is up to 3 years in length, with the option of applying for an extension of up to 1 year (pending review by the Head of Biomedical Education & Innovation and the postdoc supervisor).
Summary
As part of the Discovery Fellowship track of the Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, you will join our vibrant, dedicated postdoctoral community for events, including the monthly postdoc seminars and other scheduled events for postdocs. Fellows are surrounded by a supportive, collaborative community of postdocs and scientists, who would contribute to the acceleration of your scientific growth, along with building your professional skillset, e.g. you will have the opportunity to do a Postdoc Practicum in another laboratory or in a business function of Novartis. This applied research program is up to 3 years in length, with the option of applying for an extension of up to 1 year (pending review by the Head of Biomedical Education & Innovation and the postdoc supervisor).
About The Role
Internal Job Title: Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow
Position Location: Cambridge MA, onsite Onsite
About The Role:
We are thrilled to open applications for our Discovery Fellowship track of the Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Come join Novartis Biomedical Research as a Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow and help to expand our biophysical characterization capabilities of proteins, protein-protein, and protein ligand interactions using native ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-nMS).
You will be part of our Global Discovery Chemistry and Discovery Science research teams in Cambridge, MA. The role presents unique opportunities to work collaboratively across scientific and organizational boundaries to develop novel technologies and targeted IMS-nMS assays focused on understanding conformational changes/stability, reactivities and thermodynamic properties for native and non-native structures of proteins, and protein-ligand systems. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious researcher eager to expand their knowledge and skills while pushing the boundaries of both soluble and membrane protein nMS technologies.
As part of the Discovery Fellowship track of the Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, you will join our vibrant, dedicated postdoctoral community for events, including the monthly postdoc seminars and other scheduled events for postdocs. Fellows are surrounded by a supportive, collaborative community of postdocs and scientists, who would contribute to the acceleration of your scientific growth, along with building your professional skillset, e.g. you will have the opportunity to do a Postdoc Practicum in another laboratory or in a business function of Novartis. This applied research program is up to 3 years in length, with the option of applying for an extension of up to 1 year (pending review by the Head of Biomedical Education & Innovation and the postdoc supervisor).
Discovery Postdoctoral Fellows have a unique opportunity to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary research and are expected to publish their results in leading journals. We collaborate across scientific and organizational boundaries, with a focus on powerful new technologies that have the potential to help produce therapeutic breakthroughs for patients.
Through the Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, you will build your competency as a drug hunter, and as a scientific leader in the field. You will join a professional network that will support your growth as a research scientist, and you will have the opportunity to tackle disease and make an impact, by reimagining medicine together.
Start date: September 2025
Key responsibilities:
As a Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow, you will:
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