Senior Scientist

2 days ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Full time

Senior Scientist | Cambridge/London | 6 Month FTC | £38,000 - £48,000 Pro Rata
My client, a clinical stage oncology drug company and developer of powerful diagnostics who are developing Affimers as an antibody mimetic platform, are currently looking for a Senior Scientist to join their team. Based in Cambridge, they are now actively lookingto expand the team to support the development of their own proprietary Affimer based product pipeline focussing on oncology and inflammatory diseases.
Affimers are a novel protein scaffold based on the human protease inhibitor Stefin A. They aim to establish Affimers as a therapeutic scaffold to support the growing demand for the next generation of biotherapeutics that will be superior to the current marketleader, monoclonal antibodies.
Main

**Responsibilities**:

- Design, conduct and evaluate experiments to identify Affimers that modulate immune function,
- Develop and troubleshoot assays including immunoassays (ELISA, Flow cytometry Biacore), T-cell proliferation, T-cell suppression assay, B-cell proliferation,
- Manage the technical aspect of several Affimer projects in parallel (i.e., propose a plan to characterise the biological activity of the Affimer with screening strategies, resourcing, people training and execution in a timely manner)
- You may also be required to identify and establish collaborations with key academic institutions or CROs depending on the project
- Providing scientific coaching and mentorship for less experienced scientists in the team, as well as other scientists within the team
- Provide expertise aligned with the programme strategy to solve technical challenges, by assessing available data and challenging assumptions and suggesting solutions in a pro-active manner
- Generate PowerPoint presentations or reports to clearly communicate plans and experimental data for both internal and external meetings
- Manage the data reporting and communicate both within the team and across the organisation
- Working collaboratively and communicating across multidisciplinary teams within the company to successfully support and deliver projects on time

**Requirements**:

- A PhD in a relevant scientific discipline, strong expertise in immunology preferred
- Strong experience in scientific and leadership roles preferably within biopharma companies
- Proven experience of relevant immunological laboratory techniques (Flow cytometry essential)
- Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Quick adaptability in new scientific areas, working across teams. Innovation and development of the core platform technology


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