Job Title: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate

Department: Protein Sciences

Reports To: Head of Protein Sciences

Contract Type: Full time

About The Company T-Therapeutics is a venture-backed company on a mission to unlock the power of T cells to treat chronic and infectious diseases.

Based on technology from Professor Allan Bradley’s laboratory in Cambridge University’s Department of Medicine, T-Therapeutics has secured significant investment from a blue-chip syndicate of investors to support its drug discovery efforts and prepare candidates for clinical development.

T-Therapeutics was founded in 2022, and we are at the very beginning of our journey to develop transformative T cell derived medicines. To realise our ambition, we are currently building facilities, recruiting staff, and establishing our research operations.

Summary We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to join our Protein Sciences team. The ideal candidate will have a background in protein purification, biophysical characterisation, and analysis. Experience working with novel format biologics and/or with analytical equipment such as a HPLC would be desirable. The successful candidate will contribute to the purification, and characterization of recombinant proteins to support our drug discovery and development programmes. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within a fast-paced, cutting-edge research environment and contribute to the advancement of novel therapeutics.

Key Responsibilities

• Support all projects through the purification of proteins expressed from bacterial and mammalian cell culture.
• Characterise purified material using standard techniques (UV-vis, SDS-PAGE, SEC-HPLC, icIEF etc).
• Contribute to the development of purification and analytical methods.
• Communicate findings to colleagues and peers.
• Collaborate with other scientists across different teams.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (BSc, MSc, or equivalent with industry experience) in Biochemistry, Biophysics, or a related field.
• Experience in protein purification and characterisation techniques
• Experience with the AKTA automated purification systems and Unicorn software are desirable.
• Experience with a variety of protein analysis techniques, including gel electrophoresis and chromatography is essential.
• Knowledge of analytics techniques such as HPLC-SEC would be desirable.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Company Benefits T-Therapeutics offers employees a wide range of benefits. These include a generous pension contribution, life insurance, health insurance and a health cash plan. Employees will be offered share options in the company, as well as 28 days’ holiday each year (not including standard bank holidays).

You will have the opportunity to contribute to innovative drug development, in an open environment, able to learn all aspects of drug development. T-Therapeutics is also committed to enabling staff to grow professionally in a variety of ways as well as providing the chance to develop cutting-edge technologies.