Biologist – Bioassay in Indianapolis, Indiana

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The Bioproduct Research and Development (BR&D) organization strives to deliver creative medicines to patients through the development and commercialization of insulins, oligonucleotides, monoclonal antibodies, novel therapeutic proteins, peptides and gene therapy systems. This organization is a multidisciplinary group that works collaboratively with our discovery and manufacturing colleagues. Located in Indianapolis, IN scientists have full access to our scientific excellence and engineering capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Support development, optimization, and implementation of assays to assess the biological activity of therapeutic proteins, peptides, antibody-conjugates and/or cell and gene therapies.

• Support transfer of potency assays for QC release and stability testing to meet product requirements and corresponding regulatory requirements.

• Responsible for execution of experiments, data review and analysis, document writing, and contributing to sections of regulatory submissions.

• Support bioassay lab activities such as cell culturing, critical reagent acquisition, bioassay method qualification as well as instrument purchase and qualification.

• Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external partners. Work in cross functional teams.

• Assess and evaluate new technologies suitable for bioassay development.

Basic Requirements:

• MS in Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Bioanalytical chemistry or related field or BS in Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Bioanalytical chemistry or related field and a minimum of 1-3 years’ experience in Pharma/Biotech industry

• Hands-on experience in executing potency assays (binding assays, cell-based assays)

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

• Capability of managing workload.

• Understanding of GMP quality systems.

• Knowledge about FDA/EMA regulations on potency assay development.

• Experience with automation such as liquid handlers, FACS, Biacore, qPCR/ddPCR.

• Experience with statistical analysis of bioassays using software such as SoftMAX pro, PLA2.0, JMP (SAS).

Additional Information:

Location: Indianapolis: IN

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