YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, International Intern Protein Purification, are to: 

• Design and perform experiments to develop a scalable purification process;
• Leverage knowledge of protein chemistry, preparative chromatography and/or membrane separation techniques to develop manufacturing process of biologics;
• Perform protein purification using AKTA Explorer or Avant, Unicorn and ChemStation programming;
• Isolate and purify protein using dead-end filtration, chromatography,and/or Tangential Flow Filtration(TFF);
• Organize, mine and analyze a large pool of development data;
• Perform statistical analysis of experimental data;
• Analyze process samples using analytical methods such as ELISA, CE, SDS-PAGE, HPLC;
• Maintain and stock lab consumables; participate in general lab activities as necessary.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• 3rd or 4th year undergraduate/Bachelor-level student or 1st/2nd year Master’s level student in in chemical engineering, biological engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry,OR Life Sciences;
• Currently enrolled in an accredited university outside of the U.S.A.;
• Must be a team player and have good communication skills;
• Must be familiar with MS Office and Unicorn programming;
• Must have capacity and drive to work quickly into new fields;
• Must have a good grasp of protein chemistry, protein chromatography, filtration and data mining concepts;
• Must be able to perform bench experiments with no or little supervision;
• Must have an interest and an adequate understanding of biological therapeutics developments from discovery labs to manufacturing;
• Must be a team player and have good communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge in protein chemistry, preparative chromatography and/or membrane separation techniques;
• Experience in protein purification using AKTA Explorer or Avant, Unicorn and ChemStation programming is a strong plus;
• Experience in protein purification using dead-end filtration, chromatography, TFF;
• Experience in organizing and mining a large pool of development data;
• Experience with statistical analysis software;
• Experience with analytical methods such as ELISA, CE, SDS-PAGE, HPLC;
• Candidate with previous research/development experience.