Research Associate, Antibody Development

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in biological engineering, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented Research Associate to join its Antibody Developability team. This role involves conducting preclinical evaluations and performing assays in a collaborative environment focused on advancing biologics.

Qualifications

• B.S. in relevant fields required; lab experience preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail essential.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform assays to evaluate antibody candidates.
• Maintain laboratory records and notebooks.
• Present experimental outcomes to team.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Teamwork skills

Education

B.S. in Biochemistry

Molecular Biology

Biotechnology

Tools

SEC

DLS

DSF

UV/Vis

HIC

Job description

Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Associate to join our Antibody Developability team. The successful candidate will contribute to the preclinical evaluation of therapeutic antibody candidates by performing in vitro and biophysical assays to assess key developability properties such as stability, aggregation propensity, solubility, viscosity, and expression. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment focused on advancing biologics from discovery to development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform routine procedures associated with the production, preparation, or characterization (e.g., SEC, DLS, DSF, UV/Vis, HIC) of antibodies for internal and customer projects.
• Maintain accurate and detailed electronic laboratory notebooks and experimental records.
• Present outcomes and observations from experiments to other subject matter experts.
• Support assay validation and transfer to internal and external partners as needed.
  
  

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, or initial training in a lab-based environment.
• High degree of personal responsibility
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience working in a lab-based or highly operational environment.
• Experience with antibody or protein characterization in an industry or academic setting.
• Exposure to analytical instrumentation (e.g., UPLC, MALS, mass spectrometry) is a plus.
  
  

To learn more about Ginkgo, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com/press/ or check out some curated press below:

• What is it really like to take your company public via a SPAC? One Boston biotech shares its journey (Fortune)
• Ginkgo Bioworks resizes the definition of going big in biotech, raising $2.5B in a record SPAC deal that weighs in with a whopping $15B-plus valuation (Endpoints News)
• Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: ‘If we try, we can win’ (CNBC)
• Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universities (Boston Globe)
• Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
• Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 Response (PRNewswire)
• The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize Manufacturing (Forbes)
• Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New Funding (Bloomberg)
• Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts (Reuters)
• Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs? (The Atlantic)
  
  

We also feel that it’s important to point out the obvious here – there’s a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.

We’re developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can – and will – impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it’s something we’ll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it’s critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.

It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees, employment applicants, and EOE disability/vet.

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