Antibody Scientist Intern

States considered: Michigan

Role Description:

ANTIBODY SCIENTIST

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Internship Summary:

The Protein Therapeutics group is seeking a summer intern to contribute to our efforts in the Global Therapeutics division at Zoetis. The protein therapeutics group partners with therapeutic areas and project teams to design novel substrate and build robust testing funnels for a variety of therapeutic approaches that improve diseases or conditions in companion animals (cats, dogs, horses) as well as livestock species (cattle, swine, poultry).

Internship Job Duties:

• Assist with performing and developing single-cell selections and sequencing workflows.
• Isolate and characterize antibody producing cells with a variety of immunological assays.
• Assist with protein display technologies and sequencing workflows.

Internship Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and/or Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or related biological design and engineering degree is required.
• Applicant is preferred to be in progress of obtaining a graduate-level degree in Biochemistry and/or Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or related biological design and engineering program.
• The ideal applicant will have training, experience, and/or knowledge in laboratory-based techniques of molecular biology, cell culture, protein expression and purification, and flow cytometry.
• Excellent verbal/written communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $20.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):

Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour

Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour

Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour

Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

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Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.