Scientist, Protein Design / Computational Biology

Be part of something altogether life-changing

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us –working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity –so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

We are looking for a Scientist in the area of protein design and computational biology to join the Affinity Ligand Design team in our new lab facilities in Solna, Stockholm. The Affinity Ligand Design team is responsible for discovering and designing new affinity purification ligands and solutions for the next generation of biopharmaceuticals and consists of about 15 experts in the field of protein engineering, protein production, affinity ligand design and characterization.

The focus of the positions is to set up and develop AI/ML models for protein design together with our existing team of data scientist and computational biologists. You will also be an active part of projects that design, identify and engineer novel affinity ligands using both wet lab and in silico approaches.

What you’ll do

• Implement, develop and use new AI/ML models for protein design.
• Use wet lab data to train models as well as perform exploratory data analysis.
• Participate in ligand development projects and contribute within the area of expertise.
• Present scientific and technical results internally and externally, oral and written communication in both Swedish and English.

Who you are

• PhD in structural biology, bioinformatics, computational biology or related Life Science field and preferably industrial experience or a post doc within the field of machine learning or computational biology with a focus on protein / antibody engineering.
• You are up to date with state-of-the-art generative AI tool for protein design, e.g. RFdiffusion & ProteinMPNN, AlphaFold and protein language models such as ESM2.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and continuously update skills.
• Experience of programming in Python.
• English and Swedish as working languages.

Does this sound interesting? Submit your application today.

Applications will be read and reviewed throughout the application period; this means the position might be filled prior to the last date of advertising November 15th, 2024. For questions regarding the role please contact hiring manager Tobias Cornvik at tobias.cornvik@cytiva.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

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