Are you a Peptide Chemist looking for a new opportunity?
Have you/are you graduating from a Masters or PhD with Peptide experience?
If so the company is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed peptide chemist to work on a collaborative project based in Aberdeenshire.
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team comprising basic scientists specialising in heart disease, diabetes and obesity research. You will be joining at an exciting time in the business!
Throughout the project, you will utilise a range of skills and techniques including, peptide design and synthesis, assay development and work side by side with biologists to test these in vitro and in vivo.
The role is a 12 month contract with the option of continuing on a permanent basis pending satisfactory performance.
What are the key responsibilties?
- Design of peptides
- Synthesis of peptides using both automated peptide synthesisers and manual procedures.
- Cleavage of peptides from resin supports.
- Analysis by HPLC and mass spectrometry.
- Purification via preparative HPLC.
- Record accurately all results in a laboratory book and communicate their results at laboratory meetings and to the project funder (monthly reporting to the funder).
- Data analysis and project design.
- Plan and organise all the investigations in the protocol with various members of the research team to suit research studies' schedules; plan and similarly organise the follow-ups.
Who are they looking for?
This role is extremely well suited to a newly graduated PhD student with knowledge and interest in Peptide Chemistry.
- PhD Chemistry
- Knowledge of Peptide Chemistry through PhD projects or industry experience
- Excellent record-keeping skills in line with industry standards
- Computational modeling (desired)
- Immediately available to start the position is highly desirable
If this is of interest to you, you can apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV (word format, no more than 2 sides of A4)