Assay biologist

Designation: Assay Biologist

Job Location: Bangalore

Department: Discovery Biology

About Syngene:  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Job Purpose

The ideal candidate will ensure smooth running of multiple cell based and biochemical assays while maintaining highest quality and integrity of data and meeting established timelines.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide assistance to research scientists in terms of planning and executing molecular and/or cellular laboratory experiments and interpreting results.
• Perform Cell based assays like Luminescence, fluorescence, FRET, radio assays, etc.
• Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety
• Attend training on environment, health, and safety (EHS) measures imparted company

Educational Qualification: 

• M.Sc in Life sciences or related field.

Technical/functional Skills:

• Expertise and in-depth knowledge of mammalian cell culture.
• Experience in biochemical assays
• Experience in conducting TR-FRET, HTRF, Fluorescence Intensity, Alpha screen, Radioactive assays and Luminesce based assays.
• Experience in ELISA and Luminex based assays for cytokine estimations would be advantage
• Experience with human primary cells and tissue samples
• Experience in Flow cytometry and immune-phenotyping would be desirable
• Experience with RT-PCR and Westerns would be desirable
• Ability to analyse and present data using excel, ppt and statistical tools (Graph Pad Prism, Excel-fit)
• Willingness and flexibility to work in cross functional teams across technical domains
• Excellent pipetting skills. Experience with automated liquid handling systems an added advantage
• Experience and good knowledge on assay QC parameters

Experience:

•  1 – 5 Years of relevant experience in Assay Biology post qualification.

Behavioral Skills:

• Good oral, written communication and presentation skills to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.