Current Job Opportunities

UCB Job Opportunity

UCB are currently seeking a protein Biochemist with experience in antibody engineering and production to join a bispecific antibody engineering team. The role will focus on providing protein purification expertise and antibody engineering knowledge, to support the development of new antibody based therapeutic projects and technologies.

You will work as part of the team based at our world class research centre in Slough, UK.

This exciting opportunity in the UK for an experienced biochemist with knowledge of DSP. Follow the link to learn more. Deadline for applications is 31 Dec 2019.

https://careers.ucb.com/job/Slough-Principal-Scientist-Senior-Protein-Purification-Biochemist-Berk/520280501/

Cobra Biologics Job Opportunity

As a leading international clinical and commercial manufacturer of biologics and pharmaceuticals, Cobra Biologics offers a broad range of integrated and stand-alone contract development and manufacturing services for clinical trials and the commercial market. We take pride in manufacturing excellence and being a trusted provider, delivering what we promise and helping our customers to develop drugs for the benefit of patients.

We are currently seeking to recruit an experienced Scientist within the Innovation department at Keele, Staffordshire, UK. The position is a 12 month fixed term contract working on a UK Government funded project focused on the development of recovery and chromatography based purification processes for viral vectors. More details HERE

We are also seeking to recruit a Senior Scientist within the Innovation Department at Keele, Staffordshire, UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for biologics upstream process development. More details HERE

Applications should be sent in writing stating the appropriate reference number with full CV and current salary details via our website: www.cobrabio.com/jobs.

Posted on 14/03/2019 by biopronet

STARS School 2019: Embedding the Industrial Perspective

For Early Career Researchers: The Bioprocessing Skills School
8th-13th September 2019, Darlington

Do you want to find out how your career might develop working for industry, the differences between industrial- and academic-driven research and how the industrial environment matches your career ambitions? Here’s your opportunity to answer these questions and find out much more about your ability to work in teams and how the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit drives research translation.

Posted on 24/02/2019 by BioProNET Network

BioProNET extension

We are pleased to inform you that BioProNET has been granted a no-cost extension by the BBSRC to run until the end of August 2019. There is no additional funding associated with the extension, however we will have the opportunity to use the extension period to investigate, and put in place, mechanisms by which to sustain the network beyond August 2019.

We have already been in discussion with key stakeholders in industry and academia to ensure that the continuation of such a network is required, and in response had incredible support with regard to the need to ensure such an academic-industrial UK based network continues and thrives. As we develop our plans in the next 3-4 months for a sustainable network, we hope that all within the network will support the need for such a network and provide their input and ideas regarding the sustainability of the network. Please do contact us biopronet@biopronetuk.org if you have any thoughts or would like to be involved.

In addition to developing mechanisms for a sustainable BioProNET, we plan to hold the annual science meeting this year, potentially in late July, and a further meeting in October. We will have more firm plans in a few weeks, and will keep BioProNET members updated through newsletters, our website http://biopronetuk.org and Twitter (@BioProNETUK).

Additional focussed meetings, and those in collaboration with other organisations and the new phase II NIBB, are also being investigated. The BBSRC STARS programme, that BioProNET has helped deliver for the last 2 years, will also be running again in September 2019. We will also be continuing to collect outputs and impact of BioProNET activities.

We look forward to your continued support and seeing you at a BioProNET event soon.

Posted on 25/01/2019 by BioProNET Network

BioProNET members win innovator of the year

BioProNET members Ben Dolman and James Winterburn won the BBSRC 2018 Innovator of the Year in the Early Career researcher category.

Some information about their innovative work — partly funded by BioProNET — can be found on our case studies page http://biopronetuk.org/case-studies-of-biopronet-funding/
Scientific exchange visit boosts separation technologies collaboration
Collaborative development of glycolipid separation technology to reduce costs

Posted on 25/05/2018 by BioProNET Network

Outcomes of IBSCA funding

BioProNET recently funded 7 Industrial Biotechnology Seeding Catalyst Award. These awards were designed to accelerate translational research by developing and progressing research along the technology readiness level (TRL) pathway, increasing business—academic engagement and company leverage on innovation activities, as well as generating data to support applications for larger grant funding. Below are the key aims and outcomes from each of these projects.

Download a pdf here

Posted on 30/04/2018 by BioProNET Network