Senior​/Principal Scientist Biotransformations

Location: Beerse

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Job Function      Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development
Job Sub Function      Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacometrics
Job Category      Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations      Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

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The Translational ADME Biotransformation team in Beerse, Belgium, is looking for a highly motivated   Senior or Principal Scientist   to support drug discovery and development programs. The team is part of the department of Translational Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics and Investigative Toxicology (TPPIT) and plays a pivotal role in support of drug metabolism related studies for small and large molecule drug discovery and development programs as well as in developing and applying advanced analytical chemistry solutions to solve mechanistic questions.
We are a highly motivated team, and our laboratories are state-of-the-art. As part of the global Translational ADME community within TPPIT, you will have access to a large arsenal of in silico, in vitro, in vivo and analytical tools and the vast expertise of colleagues at our various research sites in Belgium and the United States.

Key Responsibilities       To manage and coordinate metabolite profiling and identification studies for a broad range of modalities (small molecules, degraders, peptides, oligonucleotides, etc.), including design, plan and conduct of in vitro incubations, perform high quality analysis and write high quality scientific reports.
To perform liquid chromatography analysis with MS, UV and radioactive detection, including method development and data analysis and interpretation.
Serve as a subject matter expert for biotransformations, putting data into broader context and suggest and develop follow-up in vitro or in vivo experiments.
Effectively communicate data and their relevance to multidisciplinary project teams, management, and potential partners through internal and external presentations and publications.
To keep abreast of the current advances in MS, automation and related technologies and apply new technologies and methods to increase sensitivity, quality and throughput.
Qualifications       PhD in Medicinal/Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacokinetics, Drug Metabolism or related field, or multiple years of relevant experience in the field of biotransformations.
Hands‑on experience in structure elucidation using mass spectrometry.
In depth knowledge of biotransformation…