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Senior Associate Scientist Mass Spectrometry (Lead Discovery) Live What you will do Lets do this.
Lets change the world.
Amgen is a biopharmaceutical leader founded on discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering innovative human therapeutics.
Amgen’s Lead Discovery and Characterization laboratory within Therapeutic Discovery is seeking a highly motivated small molecule Mass Spectrometry expert at Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA.
The successful candidate will be responsible primarily for the development of label-free technologies to monitor and quantify protein-ligand interactions, including screening and characterizing small molecule ligands by Mass Spectrometry.
Additional responsibilities may include the development and execution of mass spectrometric-based characterization of protein-small molecule adducts (e.g.
native MS or affinity selection MS) as part of our efforts toward the discovery of new drugs.
The successful candidate will work closely with biology and chemistry teams to develop new assays and strategies, analyze results, and present and discuss high quality data in a timely manner and should also contribute to skills development and mentoring for colleagues in a highly multi-disciplinary environment.
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Win What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
The dynamic professional we seek is a scientist with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications: Masters degree and 3 years of scientific experience Or Bachelors degree and 5 years of scientific experience Preferred Qualifications: Doctoral degree with 2 years of mass spectrometry experience.
Deep knowledge of small molecule MS techniques, especially as applied to monitoring of enzyme reactions for quantitative analysis of protein-ligand interactions.
Experience with the operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Q-TOF, QQQ, and/or MALDI mass spectrometers, including the use of LC, SPE, or SEC separation techniques.
Familiarity with Agilent, SCIEX, and Bruker instrumentation and software e.g.
Agilent MassHunter and SCIEX MultiQuant software.
Experience in the development of SPE-MS or MALDI-TOF methods for MS-detected enzyme assays, or to characterize protein-small molecule adducts.
Experience with high-throughput data analysis packages (e.g.
Genedata Screener).
Familiarity with the principles of high-throughput screening (HTS) and experience with microplate readers and automated liquid handling systems.
An understanding of mechanistic enzymology and biophysical assays (SPR, ITC, NMR) for characterization of protein-ligand binding.
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Excellent written and oral communication skills for the timely documentation, presentation, and discussion of science-based results and strategy in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, team-based environment.
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Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics.
Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other but compete intensely to win.
Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.
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