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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
 

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role

Associate Scientist - High Throughput Gene Assembly and Cloning – Biologics Discovery
The successful candidate will be required to work onsite at our Burnaby, BC office

Live

What you will do
 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join our antibody discovery group, located in British Columbia. Our team specializes in the discovery and characterization of antibody-based therapeutics to help treat grievous human disease.

You will join the Antibody Repertoire Engineering and Screening (ARES) team and contribute to the establishment of a novel automated, high-throughput antibody cloning pipeline to support antibody discovery projects. Your work will be key to enabling projects using Amgen’s XenoMouse® and UniRat® transgenic animal antibody discovery platforms.
 

In this critical role you will:

• Help assess, procure and build-out new infrastructure (hardware and software) to enable automated high throughput antibody cloning.

• Work closely with other molecular biologists to optimize gene assembly and cloning workflows.

• Adapt standard molecular biology protocols to those compatible with advanced automation technology (eg. liquid handlers, colony picking, etc.).

• Support antibody discovery programs through execution of the high throughput cloning pipeline.

• Leverage pioneering LIMS systems for data management and sample tracking.

• Tackle problems and innovate.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a creative problem-solver and passionate teammate interested in pushing the limits of technology and learning new skills.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology (or a related field), with at least 4 years experience in an academic or industrial laboratory setting.
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• Master’s degree in molecular biology (or a related field) and 2+ years experience in an academic or industrial laboratory setting.

• Experience with modern gene assembly and cloning techniques (eg. Golden Gate, Gibson, Gateway, etc.)

• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently.

• Outstanding attention to detail and ability to focus.
   

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience with high throughput gene assembly and cloning.

• Hands-on experience with automation (eg. liquid handling, colony picking, DNA purification, etc.).

• Highly proficient with data management software systems.

• Experience producing and working with recombinant antibodies.
   

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor
   

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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