Research Associate / Scientist

About ImaginAb: ImaginAb is an emerging immune-oncology imaging company developing a pipeline of novel products that give physicians unprecedented insights into the patient’s health—enabling better patient selection and treatment monitoring for immuno-oncology therapies and other drugs.

Harnessing the specificity of monoclonal antibodies, ImaginAb designs and engineers small, highly targeted proteins known as minibodies that image important molecular targets using standard Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

Our imaging tools help physicians answer important clinical questions, improving the path of care and ultimately helping patients live longer, healthier lives.  We are located in Inglewood, CA.

Position: Scientist / Research Associate (Conjugation and Process Development)

Summary: You will participate as a key member of the ImaginAb research team by taking responsibility for running conjugations experiments of antibody fragments and perform all necessary characterizations.  Optimize new conjugations and analytical QCs for novel projects.  Draft technical reports and SOPs and support transfer of such processes to external collaborators. This position is part of a cross-functional team and support different aspects of research activities from early stage exploratory research to conjugation process and analytical development.

Essential Duties:

Below are the essential duties, but they are not an exhaustive list of all duties to be performed:

• Preparation of protein/small molecule conjugates (antibody/minibody with metal chelators or fluorescent dyes) to support research and development work.
• Conjugation process development to support scale-up production and manufacturing development.
• Conjugation process improvement and identification of novel chelators.
• Preparation and testing of other chemistry related reagents and solutions.
• Characterization and QC of the conjugates including SE-HPLC, RP-HPLC, icIEF, etc.
• Writing batch records and SOPs.
• Presentation of work at internal meetings and conferences.
• Assist with process transfers to CMOs.
• Rigorous data documentation and data management.

  Skills, Education and Experience:

• M.Sc. degree in biochemistry or related discipline with 2+ years of industrial experience in a small biotech or pharma company, OR B.Sc. degree in biochemistry or related discipline with 5+ years of experience in same
• Strong analytical skills with ability to resolve problems and undertake proper corrective steps
• Demonstrated superior communication and collaboration skills
• Strong organizational, planning and follow-through skills
• Proactive work ethic and attention to details
• Commitment to a rigorous data documentation and data recording
• Ability to work well under pressure and within tight deadlines

Relocation:

Out of area candidates are accepted; however, ImaginAb is unable to offer relocation reimbursement or stipends at this time.

Salary and Benefits:

ImaginAb offers competitive salaries commensurate with experience, a generous health benefit stipend, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401k to full time-employees.

ImaginAb, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics.