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A career at Pfizer offers opportunity, ownership and impact.
All over the world, Pfizer colleagues work together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere.Our colleagues have the opportunity to grow and develop a career that offers both individual and company success;be part of an ownership culture that values diversity and where all colleagues are energized and engaged;and the ability to impact the health and lives of millions of people. Pfizer, a global leader in the biopharmaceutical industry,is continuously seeking top talent who are inspired by our purpose to innovate to bring therapies to patients that significantly improve their lives.
Role Description
The qualified candidate will play a key role in building state of the art high throughput B cell cloning and sequencing pipeline in the cell-based Antibody Discovery Group. The candidate will collaborate with scientists within the organization to actively improve and drive therapeutic antibody discovery efforts by developing and employing state of the art molecular biology and sequencing technologies. The new hire will also participate in developing innovative technologies around cell-based therapeutic antibody discovery to address short comings of current technologies.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Establish efficient molecular cloning of immunoglobulin genes work flow on various species (e.g. hybridoma, single B cell)
- Establish and optimize rapid NGS workflow to study Immunoglobulin repertoire
- Analyze NGS data
- Drive novel antibody discovery technology development
- Establish robust method/process of genome editing (e.g. CRISPR)
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in immunology, molecular biology, virology, or computational biology with 3-5 years of industrial experience.
- Proven publication record in top tier journals
- Strong proven molecular biology skills
- Proven expertise in NGS Ig amplicon library generation and NGS sequencing work flow
- Hands-on experience in Illumina Sequencing platform
- Proven expertise in single B cell cloning in various species
- Knowledge and proven record of developing state of the art antibody discovery platforms
- Experience in applying proteomic in antibody discovery a plus
- Experience in various computational programming skills is a plus
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
- Expertise in immunoglobulin alignment and sequence analysis packages
- Experience in molecular biology lab automation and process integration
- Expertise in single cell cloning and sequencing
- Experience in microfluidics is a plus
- Experience in proteomic is a plus
- Working experience in R, Perl, and other statistical packages is a plus
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
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