- Full time, fixed term for 12 months with the possibility of extension
- Located at the Sydney Pharmacy School
- Base Salary from $100,717 + 17% superannuation
About the opportunity
Sydney Pharmacy School is recognised as one of the leading centres for Pharmacy education in Australia and enjoys an outstanding national and international reputation for research and innovation. Innovative teaching, clinical and experiential placements and business skills programs provide our students with a well-rounded and professionally relevant pharmacy degree, putting them in high demand with employers.
We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow who will work on a project that is highly interdisciplinary and involves the use of numerous biophysical methods to understand and therein gain insight into protein aggregation and enhance the stability of mAbs, led by Associate Professor Veysel Kayser. In addition, it requires working on the development of novel approaches to use as predictive tools with an emphasis on degradation issues during processing steps.
The research you will be working on will span both fundamental, applied research and process development on a broad range of characterization, formulation and degradation issues including but not limited to study – overall stability of mAbs and structure of the protein, protein aggregation, particle size, degradation mechanism of mAbs at elevated temperatures, and finding appropriate stabilizers. You will have a rare opportunity to work in an academic environment, which collaborates closely with a pharmaceutical company with an aim to streamline mAb manufacturing.
About you
- have a PhD in a relevant field and have an interest in biotechnology and biophysics
- hands on experience in laboratory work using biophysical methods such as light scattering spectroscopy (e.g., SAXS, DLS, MALLS), fluorescence spectroscopy, electron and optical microscopy, chromatographic methods such as SEC-HPLC, chemical kinetics, protein aggregation, accelerated degradation tests
- experience using data analysis software such as MATLAB, Igor Pro or similar is desirable
- you will be independent and self-motivated and be willing to work as part of a team.
More information about the research and laboratory can be found at the following link:
http://sydney.edu.au/pharmacy/about/people/profiles/veysel.kayser.php
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