Title:  Research Associate

Designation: Research Associate

Job Location: Bangalore

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 companys 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.

Core Purpose of the Role:

Synthesis of peptides from milligram to multi-gram scale & maintenance of all peptide synthesis/related equipment.

Role Accountabilities

• Should be well versed with synthetic peptide chemistry, with expertise in the synthesis of long chain, branched, labelled, disulphide, lactam and head to tail cyclized peptides.
• Should have thorough scientific/technical expertise to independently carry out solid phase peptide synthesis and characterization of peptides using HPLC & LCMS.
• Should be able to plan and execute day to day operations in peptide synthesis lab which includes identification of synthetic routes for conformationally constrained peptides and derivatized peptides
• Should be able to prepare protocols, guidelines, SOPs for lab equipments/instruments and processes.
• Should have a reasonable understanding of systems and process pertaining to safety, health and environment.
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times and ensuring the same by the team members.

Syngene Values: All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values.

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Educational Qualification: M.Sc (Chemistry Biochemistry/Biotech)

Work Experience: 0-3 years of experience in peptide Chemistry.

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.