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)