Scientist

Proteintech is a fast-growing Biotech company with its headquarters located in Chicago, Illinois area. Our Mission is to support our customers in all their endeavors, be it accelerating life sciences research, and/or clinical diagnostics and therapies.

Proteintech is an international biotechnology company that manufactures antibodies, ELISA kits, nanobody reagents, and proteins for use in life science research. Proteintech makes all its own products to the highest standards possible, with complete control over the whole manufacturing, validation, and QC process. 200,000+ citations of Proteintech products demonstrates what matters most to the company: the success of its reagents in the hands of scientists, helping them make discoveries to change and explain the world around us. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloning of antibody libraries
• Planning and implementation of antibody selections using phage display
• Planning and implementation of high-throughput screenings, e.g. using ELISA, flow
  cytometry
• Generation of stable mammalian cell lines
• Characterisation of antibody fragments using protein biochemical, immunological and
  cell biological methods.
• Participate in the development of laboratory reagents based on nanobodies.
• Document data, perform data analysis, and summarize experimental results
• Present data at internal and external meetings.
• Collaborate closely with research groups at companies, universities, and CROs.

Preferred Education/Experience:

• PhD in the field of biochemistry, chemistry, or similar.
• Preferably relevant work experience in the biotech sector or pharmaceutical industry.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent knowledge of phage display, molecular biology, immunology and cell biology.
• Experience with high-throughput screening methods
• Eagerness to acquire new skills.
• Ability to work in a team and independently.
• Structured and responsible way of working.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (German and English).
• Proficiency in common MS Office applications, molecular biology and sequence analysis
  software and ideally in statistical tools such as GraphPad Prism.

Benefits:

• Flexible working time
• Company pension scheme
• Company bike
• 30 days holiday

Our employees are our most valuable asset. You can expect a permanent contract in a future-orientated company. We offer you motivated colleagues, an exceptionally good atmosphere
in an international setting, and a varied and application-driven field of work. If this matches
your interests, please send your complete application documents, stating your salary
expectations and earliest starting date, to de.application@ptglab.com.