High-Throughput Antibody Expression Senior Associate

Prellis Biologics, Inc; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Prellis Biologics in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Research Associate — High-Throughput Antibody Expression to advance our antibody discovery platform. You will execute and evolve state-of-the-art protein expression, synthetic biology, and end-to-end automation pipelines that drive discovery.

You will perform mammalian cell culture, transfection, purification, and biophysical characterization, while collaborating with data scientists and external vendors to scale throughput and deliver robust

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, or Immunology.

Responsibilities

• Execute high‑throughput antibody expression workflows including cell culture and maintenance, transfection, purification, buffer exchange, spectrophotometry, and QC/characterization.
• Build and run end-to-end automation pipelines on liquid handlers to scale throughput.
• Contribute to technology innovation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of protein expression and discovery platforms.
• Collaborate with Data Science on data visualization and reporting.
• Maintain accurate ELN documentation and communicate results across teams.
• Interface with external vendors and CROs to support antibody discovery workflows.
• Support cross-functional collaboration across therapeutic programs and technology initiatives.

Skills

Molecular biology

Cell culture

Transfection

Protein expression

Biophysical characterization

Automation / Liquid handling

Data visualization

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

BS or MS in Molecular Biology / Biochemistry / Genetics / Immunology

Tools

Biomek

KingFisher

Tecan

Job description

Prellis Biologics in Berkeley, CA seeks a Senior Research Associate — High-Throughput Antibody Expression to advance our antibody discovery platform. You will execute and evolve state-of-the-art protein expression, synthetic biology, and end-to-end automation pipelines that drive discovery.

You will perform mammalian cell culture, transfection, purification, and biophysical characterization, while collaborating with data scientists and external vendors to scale throughput and deliver robust