Senior Scientist – Antibody Deep Screening Platform

AstraZeneca

Gaithersburg, MD, US
Base: $116,284.00 - $174,426.00; bonus/equity: sho...
Onsite
Ribosome display and antibody screening
Ngs library construction for illumina
Phage or yeast display enrichment campaigns
AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Scientist for their Antibody Deep Screening Platform in Gaithersburg, MD. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in antibody discovery and experience with next-generation sequencing technologies, working in a collaborative and innovative environment

Job Summary

  • Join the Discovery Innovation Team within Biologics Engineering to invent and implement novel approaches for biologics discovery.
  • Your role will be to advance a deep screening technology that fuses next-generation sequencing with ribosome display to discover and optimize antibodies.
  • Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility creates life-changing medicines for people around the world and offers a variety of amenities to help boost productivity and keep employees happy and healthy.

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AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Scientist for their Antibody Deep Screening Platform in Gaithersburg, MD. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in antibody discovery and experience with next-generation sequencing technologies, working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Salary

Base: $116,284.00 - $174,426.00; Bonus/Equity: Short-term incentive bonus opportunity, equity-based long-term incentive program; Benefits: 401(k) plan, paid vacation and holidays, paid leaves, health benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Ribosome display and antibody screening
  • NGS library construction for Illumina
  • Phage or yeast display enrichment campaigns
  • Experimental design for rapid iteration
  • Hands-on NGS platform experience

Nice-to-have

  • Scientific tinkerer and platform builder
  • Fearless innovator and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Tissue culture and cell-based assays
  • Fluorescence microscopy and image analysis
  • Computational fluency in NGS data analysis

Key Requirements

  • Ph.D. in molecular biology or related field
  • M.S. with 5+ years’ experience
  • B.S. with 10+ years’ experience
  • Proven track record in antibody discovery
  • End-to-end library sequencing experience

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