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#1253 [AI x Bio] Directed Evolution Biologist *No Japanese required


■ Company profile

A bio-venture company with a unique high-performance antibody drug development platform that makes full use of next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and antibody engineering.

By developing high-performance antibody drugs, we have eliminated the inherent bias of conventional methods, created high-performance antibodies that were difficult to obtain until now, and contributed to the development of innovative antibody drugs.


■ Products / Solutions

・ New peptide / antibody drug molecule design technology using evolutionary molecular engineering / NGS / artificial intelligence

・ Construction of joint R & D pipeline with pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies using the above technology (including implementation of molecular design, research plan formulation, consulting)


■ Job description

・Design, test, and optimize the discovery & development of Biopharmaceutical drugs.

・Create infrastructure/libraries for one of Directed Evolution platforms (phage/mRNA, etc.).

・Design, generate and optimize synthetic antibody libraries (i.e. ScFv library, VHH library library, etc.).

・Performing evolutionary molecular engineering experiments

・Performing experiments related to Genetic engineering

・Protein purification and evaluation


■ Requirements

*No Japanese required

・ Direct experience in library designs and testing using one of Directed evolution platforms (Phage, Yeast, mRNA, etc.)

・ Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Protein/Antibody Engineering, Immunology, or related field

・ At least 4 years of research experience in a wet lab

・ Conversational English or Japanese skills


■ Preferred requirements

・ Experience in phage display, mRNA/cDNA display

・Experience with cell-free translation systems

・Experience with AKTA, ELISA, Biacore, and Octet

・Experience of working with next generation sequencing (NGS)

・Experience in bioinformatics, especially sequence analysis

・Business level or higher English proficiency


■ Conditional aspect

Employment form: Permanent

Trial period: 3 months

Estimated annual income: ¥3 - ¥6

Work location: Yamagata

Working hours: Flex system

Holidays: 2 days a week (Saturday and Sunday), public holidays

Vacation: Summer vacation, year-end and New Year vacation, and other vacations available

Benefits: Complete social insurance, commuting allowance (according to company regulations), and other benefits


■ About selection

Number of applicants: 1-2 people

Documents required for application: Resume and research publication lists

Online interview: Yes

Interview language: English

Number of interviews (flow): 3-4 times

Application for overseas residents: Yes

* May change depending on the situation of the candidate


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