Scientist (Bioanalytical/ Chemist)
Duration: 24 months
Location: Queenstown
Salary : Up to $6,000 depending on experience
Industry : Pharmaceutical
Our client is a US healthcare and a leading global biopharmaceutical company. They are committed to provide patients and customers with a reliable supply of high-quality, safe, and effective medicines and vaccines. Their global supply strategy relies on manufacturing capabilities and expertise to achieve this mission .
Job Summary:
- Accountable for developing, validating, and deploying biomarker assays across therapeutics areas, using samples from animal models and patients, with the goal of driving patient stratification, demonstrating target engagement, evaluating pharmacodynamic response, and guiding dose selection.
- Focused on identifying and validating new drug targets, exploring innovative therapeutic modalities, and leveraging clinical studies and patient–derived material to understand biomarkers of disease or therapeutic response.
- To isolate a compound that is effective against a disease target. Using innovative thinking, state-of-the-art facilities and robust scientific methodology we collaborate to discover the next medical breakthrough.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute robust bioanalytical assays to support cell-based, in vitro, and in vivo studies.
- Work with limited supervision on experimental design, troubleshooting, assay optimization and data interpretation.
- Make detailed observations, analyze data, interpret results, and exercise appropriate technical discretion in the design and execution of experiments.
- Participate in and communicate the interpretation of research results in cross-functional team meetings.
- Keep up to date with emerging biomarker technology platforms and evaluate their utility in providing novel insights into disease biology.
- Accurately document experiments and results in electronic notebooks and/or other required formats in compliance with company policies and project needs.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance for laboratory equipment, troubleshoot equipment malfunction, and support the team in routine operational activities for the laboratory.
- Manage laboratory operations including inventory management, ordering supplies, maintaining lab safety protocols, and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines.
- Assist in training personnel in the operation of laboratory equipment as needed.
Requirements:
- M.Sc in analytical chemistry, biochemistry (or equivalent) with at least 2 years of experience in bioanalytical assay or B.Sc with at least 5 years of experience working in a bioanalytical assay or a quality control (QC) laboratory
- Hands-on experience with the design, development, optimization, qualification, and validation of novel bioassays and immunoassaysusing multiple platforms and technologies (e.g., ELISA, MSD/Luminex, flow cytometry, cytokine analyses, and cell-based reporter and cytotoxicity assays).
- Experience with protein analytical methods (e.g., SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting).
- Experience with sample processing methods to support protein and nucleic acid detection from a variety of tissue types.
- Track record of developing technical methods and SOPs.
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office, data analysis software (e.g. Prism, JMP, SoftMax Pro), and other applications.
Lim Pey Chyi - [email protected]
Recruitment Consultant (R2090579)
Manpower Staffing Services (S) Pte Ltd
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