Research Scientist Protein Science with focus on Multiprotein/RNA/DNA complexes (gn)

Proteros is a privately held early-stage services provider in structure-based drug discovery with a cutting-edge discovery engine tailored to unlock even the most technically challenging targets. Proteros’ work is built on scientific excellence and supports its clients to reach the right results and accelerate their overall research timelines. Proteros supports most of the world’s 20 largest pharma companies and more than 250 pharmaceutical and biotech partners in the US, Europe and Japan.

• Contribution to multidisciplinary teams with own scientific expertise to achieve corporate and customer goals of challenging drug discovery projects
• Independent planning and execution of research projects also including review of scientific literature
• Planning, development, implementation and optimization of protein production workflows
• Characterization of challenging proteins by state of the art biochemical and biophysical methods
• Preparation of relevant project documentation (i.e. project plans, SOPs, scientific presentations, technical reports)
• Presentation of the scientific results as well as convincing and confident communication of the content to colleagues, customers and business partners

• PhD in protein biochemistry or related field with an excellent track record
• Strong acquaintance with regard to rational construct design, protein expression (bacterial, insect, mammalian), chromatographic purification techniques, purification process optimization and protein characterization methods
• Profound knowledge in structural biology (X-ray or Cryo-EM)
• Hands-on mentality with a problem-solving mindset and attention to details
• Independent, service-oriented way of working, with an outstanding team spirit and excellent organization and communication skills
• Experience with purification, reconstitution and characterization of multi subunit protein and/or protein-nucleic acid complexes
• A background in RNA production and characterization is a plus