[bioundgrd] Fwd: Position in biotech/pharma in South SF

[MacKenzie Outlund]

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From: Jean-Francois P Hamel <jhamel at mit.edu>



Dear Seniors,

Just a few more days before graduation, and I imagine you are busy, excited
and
looking forward to the new chapter in your life.

If you are still looking for a position, and are interested in the
analytical
area of biological engineering, there is a position -not yet formally
advertised- at a South San Franciso Company, which is part of Pfizer. One of
my
former UROP students has alerted me to it. I am planning to visit her in
early
June.

The informal job description is below. If you are interested in this
opportunity, please let me know and send me a copy of your resume (at
jhamel at mit.edu). I will then introduce you.

The new hire would be learning kinetics, high-throughput screening, epitope
binning and other protein-protein interaction techniques on real-time
biosensors such as the Biacore 2000 and 3000 (Surface Plasmon Resonance
devices
with 4 flow cells), the Bio-Rad's ProteOn (another SPR device 6x6 flowcell
matrix with 36 biosensor spots and reference interspots), and ForteBio's
Octet
Red and QK384 (Bio-Layer Interferometry devices).

The South San Francisco Pfizer site, also known as "Rinat," is a drug
discovery
site of approximately 90 people that focuses on monoclonal antibody
therapeutics in a variety of diseases and conditions. Originally a small
independent biotech company, it was purchased by Pfizer in 2006 for its drug
candidates as well as its extensive pipeline built in a short period of
time.
Currently, 4 drugs from Rinat are in clinical trials with others on the way.

The biosensor team is part of the Protein Engineering group at Rinat and
consists of 3 members, with the team leader coming from David Myskza's lab
at
the University of Utah, generally recognized as the most renowned Biacore
and
biosensor lab in the field.  Projects are requested by other drug discovery
scientists, at which point the team will discuss their needs and propose
experiments that will properly analyze their samples. Results have a huge
and
immediate impact on the site's ongoing science at all stages of discovery.
Additionally, because of the wide variety of targets available and
experiments
requested, novel assay design is a constant necessity which often leads to
published papers.

Yours,

J.-F. Hamel
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