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Senior Scientist, Protein Biochemistry

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Lake County, IL, US
Start date
Sep 8, 2019

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Discipline
Science/R&D, Biotechnology, Chemistry
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
BioMidwest, Best Places to Work

Job Details

Abbvie is seeking a highly motivated scientist to join the protein biochemistry group. This growing team's core responsibility is to express, purify and characterize challenging proteins in support of structural biology, fragment discovery and high throughput biochemical screening. The position will require strong skills in construct design, protein purification and characterization for a diverse set of proteins and protein complexes. Strong understanding of analytical protein techniques to rapidly trouble shoot challenging proteins is required. Experience characterizing proteins using biophysical techniques such as thermal stability, CD or ITC is preferred. Additional experience in molecular biology and/or cell culture would be considered beneficial. The applicant must have strong verbal and written communication skills as well as be able to effectively work as part of a dynamic and diverse team. Communication with research teams across multiple sites will be a core part of the position. Careful documentation of experimental practices and results will be required.

This position will support small molecule drug discovery within Abbvie's discovery organization. The applicant will be required to work independently at the bench as well as effectively communicate scientific findings to both internal and external teams. We look forward to welcoming a new team member to help us prosecute novel and challenging protein targets.

Level and compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Basic:
  • BS, MS or PhD in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biology or related field
  • Minimum 10+(BS), 8+(MS), 0+(PhD) years of relevant experience
  • Excellent protein purification and characterization skills
  • Ability to troubleshoot and work independently
  • Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred:
  • Experience executing and interpreting biophysical protein methods
  • Molecular biology or cell culture experience
  • Expertise in drug discovery

Key Leadership Competencies:
  • Build strong relationships with peers and across groups to enable higher performance
  • Agilely adapt to new targets and methods
  • Be a strong team member and better the group as a whole
  • Be able to communicate to research teams across multiple sites

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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