My Dublin based client is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join their team on a 3 year contract. This project will focus on AAV Gene Therapy, IVTmRNA and Protein Biotherapeutic Modality Design and Production.
Position Summary:
This particular role will focus on engineering of lipid metabolism in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells for enhanced difficult to express (DTE) biotherapeutic protein production.
Responsibilities:
* To devise, undertake appropriate experiments, interpret the findings and devise new approaches to achieve the goals and milestones as described of the project.
* To undertake the mandatory training, reporting, public engagement/outreach activities and any other requirements outlined under the funding agreement for the project.
* Regularly report to the supervisors and consortium, compile data acquired in a form to allow rapid transformation of documented research results into high quality research papers and/or patent applications.
* Attend and present at training activities and research summits and meetings as outlined in the wider programme, including at national/international conferences relevant to the research.
Requirements:
* A PhD in biotechnology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, genetics, molecular biology, gene therapy, engineering biology, synthetic biology, RNA sequencing or a relevant discipline.
* Training/experience of working with mammalian cells in culture and expression of exogenous genes and recombinant proteins.
* Experience of molecular biology and the designing and generation of expression vectors.
* Training and experience in DNA, mRNA and protein analysis.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Science
Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research
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