2025 University Recruiting - Discovery Biologics Co-op

Job Description

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.  Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, and teamwork of an individual like you.  To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement, and teamwork.  As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Our Company's Future Talent Program features co-op internships that last 6 months and may include one or more projects.  For you: these positions in our Research & Development Division will provide you with a great development opportunity and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.  For us: we get to meet the best and brightest individuals who represent the future of scientific endeavor in the US.

We are seeking candidates with a passion for scientific research, excellent academic performance, communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to work in a multi-functional environment.  A strong science background in applied laboratory settings, computer science or cheminformatics is essential. Applicants with previous research experience in the listed areas are highly preferred. You will be provided with laptops/lab equipment etc. as necessary to perform the role.  This is a paid internship targeted to start in June 2025 and run 6 months. Potential involvement in a scientific publication may occur as a result of the research undertaken during the co-op internship.

The department of Discovery Biologics is offering internships in the following disciplines:

Protein Analytical Characterization

The protein characterization group within Protein Sciences is using various analytical protein characterization techniques to characterize biologics, support protein engineering initiatives and help guide candidate selection for development. The candidate will be involved in implementing new analytical methods for protein characterization and developability assessment of biologics modalities (monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, antibody and protein scaffolds, Antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs). Prior experience with methods such as SEC, HIC, RP, DSF, SPR, ELISA and automation would be beneficial. The candidate will learn how to characterize biologics, interpret data, optimize protocols, and develop new methods to help support protein engineering and biologics candidate selection. Co-op will be exposed to many areas of research relevant to the drug discovery and development process.

Mass Spectrometry

The Mass Spectrometry group within Protein Sciences department is using various Mass Spectrometry-based methods to characterize biologics to support protein sciences core activities and enable biologics candidate selection for progression to development. The candidate will be involved in developing new mass spectrometry methodologies for biologics characterization (antibodies, bispecifics, fusion proteins, and bioconjugates). The position requires candidates being passionate about developing analytical methods. Prior experience with protein characterization using LC-MS and familiarity with different ionization methods (e.g., CID, ETD, HCD, and UVPD) is strongly preferred

The candidate will learn how to characterize biologics, interpret data, optimize protocols, and develop new methods to help support protein engineering and biologics candidate selection. Co-op will be exposed to many areas of research relevant to the drug discovery and development process

Biologics Engineering, Expression, Purification

The successful candidate will work to support biologics discovery by using some or all of the following methods: molecular biology, protein design, engineering, protein expression in mammalian cells (transient, stable cell lines), protein purification (using various chromatographic support and chemistries such as affinity, ion-exchange, hydrophobic, size-exclusion chromatography) and characterization using methods including SDS-PAGE, CE-SDS, SEC, and etc. Co-op will be exposed to many areas of research relevant to the drug discovery and development process.

Biologics Design & Display

The Biologics Design and Display group uses computational methods combined with yeast and phage display to identify and engineer novel therapeutic proteins.  Co-op working in this group will gain experience in a broad range of