Senior Scientist, Glycobiology

Role Summary

Activities for this position might include: analyzing samples by HPLC, GC, mass spectrometry, or other analytical methods; assisting with the development of methodology; data interpretation and reporting; interacting with various groups within and outside of our company.

Key Responsibilities

• Synthesize glycoproteins and glycopeptides both in solution phase and on solid phase;
• Perform routine analysis of substrates, fermentations and metabolites;
• Assist with troubleshooting and repairing equipment malfunctions;
• Provide high-quality data on a timely basis. Troubleshoot methods and data as required by other R&D researchers;
• Learn new analytical methods utilizing HPLC, GC and GC-MS and LC-MS and apply these methods to answer complex biological questions;
• Perform amino acid analysis, elemental analysis, extractions, and characterization of samples;
• Help develop new methodologies to answer technical questions that arise from within the Research and Development organization;
• Interest in learning and characterizing samples with various OMICs pipelines for proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and glycomics.

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in medical/biological sciences.
• Strong background in glycobiology, glycomics, glycoproteomics, glycoprotein chemistry.
• Experience with both bottom-up and top-down MS-based protein data generation; solid understanding of respective research approaches, analyte and data formats.
• Extensive experience in and familiarity with bioinformatics software and databases, both general (e.g., IPA, etc.) and (glyco)proteomics-specific tools (e.g., GlyTouCan, ProteomeTools, UniProt, KEGG GLYCAN, pGlyco, and PanoramaWeb, Byonic, etc.).
• Solid conceptual biostatistical background.
• Conceptual understanding of biomarker-driven health care research.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech, diagnostic, or life-science-tools industry is a plus.
• Proven record of being a fast learner, flexible, and mindful team member.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, track record of successfully authoring scientific manuscripts.
• Ability to come up to speed quickly and seek out new solutions independently.

Division

Glycobiology

Location

New York, United States

Employment Type

Full-Time

Shift Work

No

H1B Sponsorship

Yes