Role: Application Specialist
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £45,000-£60,000
CPL Life Sciences is collaborating with a growing company dedicated to the development of biological sensors helping the pharmaceutical industry with rapid and cost-effective detection of biological substances. Our client offers a dynamic, fast-paced and passionate working environment, supporting equality, diversity and inclusion, where employees are encouraged and inspired to share their own ideas and vision.
They are currently looking for an Application Specialist to join their goal to bring biology to the next level by taking on the responsibilities of developing and testing new applications in the area of protein and small-molecule characterisation and interaction. The successful candidate will be in collaboration with both national and international clients and the research and development team to establish the testing of new applications of technology.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Testing new product development.
- Supporting clients in application development.
- Travelling to customer sites nationally and internationally.
- Troubleshooting complex problems in collaboration with the R&D team.
- Collaborating for the conduction and publication of application reviews.
- Working on individual and group projects in collaboration with external scientists.
- Showcasing unique features of sensing technology via high-quality publications and other presentations.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- MSc or PhD in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology or related life science field.
- Knowledge of biomolecular interaction analysis and assay development.
- Laboratory experience using SPR or BLI for the study of binding kinetics.
- Comprehensive experience in handling both proteins and DNA.
DESIRED CRITERIA:
- 3+ years lab experience and proven knowledge of techniques such as SPR, BLI, ELISA & HPLC, Spectrophotometry.
- Knowledge of drug discovery, protein engineering, & protein analysis market.
- Familiar with data analysis and visualisation tools like Python and R.
- Client and key opinion leader relationships and existing network.
If you are looking for an opportunity to enhance your experience, broaden your career horizons and change the future apply today.