# Antibody Discovery Associate Scientist

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Stevenage
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated antibody discovery associate scientist to join our Large Molecule Research team within GSK's Research Technologies group. The role will be lab-centric and involve working in a team with access to world-leading in vitro, in vivo, and AI-driven in silico antibody discovery platforms.

The successful candidate will be involved in the integration of yeast-based or phage display platforms with in silico design approaches, and will be responsible for optimising antibodies into therapeutic grade leads towards the ultimate goal of generating first-in-class and best-in-class antibody-based medicines.

Key responsibilities:

- Train and develop skills within the exciting field of antibody/protein discovery and engineering

- Design and execute experiments towards the identification and optimisation of antibodies and proteins

- Primarily use yeast-based, but also phage-display, selection technologies, combined with in silico design tools

- Potentially combine other approaches such as in vivo antibody discovery, B-cell sorting, and NGS

- Design individual antibodies or antibody 'libraries' tailored towards improving certain therapeutic properties

- Represent the 'home team' within matrix groups working towards developing therapeutic antibodies to a variety of 'targets' across a broad spectrum of diseases

- Prepare and perform verbal and written scientific communications

Essential qualifications and skills:

- BSc/MSc in life sciences or equivalent

- Experience studying or researching aspects of biopharmaceutical drug discovery or antibody discovery methods

- Some experience of lab-based molecular biology techniques

- Proactive, and an ability to adapt quickly to new scientific areas

- Good analytical and data interpretation skills with the ability to troubleshoot

- An ability to deploy the use of AI tools to enhance scientific or other work

- Good scientific writing & verbal communication skills

- Ability to work effectively both as an individual and within a team

- Ability to multitask and work across multiple projects simultaneously

Preferred qualifications and skills:

- Direct hands-on experience of antibody display and/or directed evolution and associated protein engineering techniques

- Experience of using AI-based tools for an antibody/protein application

## Skills

### Required
- Biotechnology
- Cell Biology
- Data Quality
- Following Instructions
- Interpersonal Communication
- Lab Maintenance
- Life Science
- Molecular Biology
- Proper Documentation
- Scientific Presentations
- Scientific Research
- Scientific Writing

### Nice to have
- Antibody display
- Directed evolution
- Protein engineering
- AI-based tools

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