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Bioprocess Scientist

Peptobiotics
Singapore
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About the job

At Peptobiotics we are building a new biotechnology product to replace the billions of dollars of antibiotics currently used in agriculture - enabling a productive, sustainable food system free from disease, and helping prevent the superbug crisis. We take an economic viability-first philosophy to synthetic biology product development. Our strain and bioprocess teams work together designing our product+production around straightforward scale-up and efficient unit economics. In just 2 years with only seed funding we have prototyped, achieved multiple successful animal trials and shipped to first customers. We are now seeking a bioprocess engineer to join our Singapore team to supercharge our small scale optimisation and assist in process transfer to CMO partners throughout Asia.


OBJECTIVES

  • Operation of bioreactor systems for submerged fermentation, downstream processing and sample analysis.
  • Drive process optimisation by overseeing rigorous data collection, recording, and analysis. Implement DoE and utilize reactor modelling software to accelerate yield improvements and scale up.
  • Preparation of SOPs for fermentation and downstream processing.
  • Tech transfer of strains and bioprocesses to contract manufacturers.
  • Work with other team members to align molecular, bioproduction and veterinary research.
  • Training and mentorship of junior team members.
  • Work with our team in India and partners in China for process transfer.


REQUIREMENTS

  • Extensive experience with benchtop microbial or fungal bioreactor systems.
  • Experience with yeast secreted protein production optimization preferred.
  • Bachelors 3+ years work experience / Masters 2+ years work experience / PhD. More experience candidates are welcome.
  • Ideally has some experience or familiarity with industrial scale fermentation.
  • Familiarity with downstream processing and analytical methods.
  • Demonstrated tech transfer / scale up experience.


ATTRIBUTES

  • Good communicator that enjoys working with and supporting others.
  • Driven and takes initiative.
  • Chinese language fluency preferred - we use a lot of technology from China and this role will involve working closely with Chinese CMOs for scale up.
  • Interested in entrepreneurship, biomanufacturing, synthetic biology, sustainability/agriculture, aquaculture, technology commercialisation and science with real world impact.


Please email CV or LinkedIn to jobs@peptobiotics.com with subject line "BIOPROCESS SCIENTIST".

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