Posted Date: 02 August 2006

Senior Peptide Chemists – Job SL0906
Position Open: 4
Company: Chinese Peptide Company
Location: China
Contact: shawn@cpcscientific.com

At CPC, our mission is to synthesize and deliver most challenging peptides to scientists around the world. The CPC facility is located in Hangzhou, 60 miles west of Shanghai. CPC currently employs about 120 scientists, with over 3,000 square meter state of art facility. CPC has offices in China, California and Philadelphia.

We are seeking experienced PEPTIDE CHEMISTS! If you believe you can contribute significant company grow, this is the place you are looking for!

The successful candidate will have responsibility for the synthesis and/or purification of complex peptides and peptidomimetic molecules. He/She will be able to work on small to large scale (mgs to grams). This will be done to specific time scales. He/She shall have the ability to take responsibility at a very high level of independence, and the ability to work with project teams.

Senior Peptide Chemist - Ref. Code # SL0906 — Ph.D. and 5+ years of experience in synthetic peptide chemistry, with hands-on practical experience is required. Experience in peptidomimetic synthesis would be particularly plus.

Effective oral and written communication skills, demonstrated leadership skills, and good knowledge of the English language are essential.

CPC offers competitive compensation and excellent personal career development.
For company history and where about, please log on www.chinesepeptide.com.
Onsite job interview can be arranged by email to shawn@cpcscientific.com

Posted Date: 30 June 2005

University of Birmingham News Release
For immediate release: 28 June 05

Accreditation for Profit Generating University Laboratory

Dr John Fox, Director of Alta Bioscience and Satwant Sandhu, Research Technician

A leading manufacturing laboratory at the University of Birmingham, has been awarded accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for amino acid analysis and protein sequencing, becoming the first UK organisation to receive such an accolade for this type of work.

Alta Bioscience, which was established at the University in 1973, is a profit generating lab which provides analysis and synthesis of DNA, proteins and other biochemical molecules. It offers a well established range of synthetic, sequencing and analytical methodologies which are available to academia and commercial clients.

UKAS is the national accreditation body responsible for assessing and certifying the competence of organisations in the fields of measurements, testing, inspection and certification of systems, products and personnel.

So far clients from academia and industry all over the world have benefited from Alta Bioscience's expertise. With the accreditation, the laboratory has proved that clients can be assured that they are receiving the best available service that is of the highest accuracy and quality assurance.

The UKAS accredited procedure is essential to pharmaceutical companies and food manufacturers and processors who are required by regulatory authorities to identify constituent components and ingredients to meet manufacturing standards and labelling purposes. Pharmaceutical manufacturers, for example, would want to prove the protein they manufacture is the correct sequence and producers of low-protein foods must be able to accurately determine how much protein is present within an ingredient and thus comply with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) specifications.

Dr John Fox, Director of Alta Bioscience, says, ' From the outset Alta Bioscience has been committed to supplying high quality products and analytical facilities and so the UKAS accreditation is one further step in our development towards meeting the ever more stringent quality standards required by clients world-wide.

' We are delighted to have received this recognition which is a reflection of the commitment of staff to raising standards in order that we meet the GMP specifications and expand into new markets throughout Europe and North America.'

Posted Date: 17 June 2005

Postdoctoral Scientist - Peptide and Peptidomimetic Approaches to Receptor Recognition Mechanisms and Antagonism

Location: Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA

Contact: Robyn Airey Rose (Email: rea27@drexel.edu); Irwin Chaiken (Email: imc23@drexel.edu)

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to investigate receptor recognition mechanisms and antagonism using peptide and peptidomimetic design and synthesis in coordination with recombinant mutagenesis and biophysical interaction analysis. The specific focus of this position will be on the AIDS-related investigation of structure-based CD4-gp120 antagonism. The overall current focus of our research program includes molecular and structural mechanisms of interleukin 5/receptor/signal protein and HIV-1 envelope/host cell receptor systems, an emerging effort on interactions mechanisms of the pore forming protein anthrolysin O produced by Bacillus anthracis, and biosensor-based investigation of protein interaction kinetics in solution and in cells. This research group is associated with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and with the A. J. Drexel Institute of Basic and Applied Protein Science.

The candidate for this position should hold a PhD in Chemistry or related discipline and have a strong training/experience in peptide synthesis, molecular modeling and biophysical characterization of peptides and proteins. Experience in recombinant mutagenesis would be a plus.

Send resumes and names of 3 referees. Include a cover letter stating areas of research interest and career plans.

Postdoctoral Scientist – Protein Science Approaches to Cell Sensing

Location: Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA

Contact: Robyn Airey Rose (Email: rea27@drexel.edu); Irwin Chaiken (Email: imc23@drexel.edu)

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to develop recombinant protein fusion systems to investigate protein interactions on and in cells. This research will join an interdisciplinary program of study that includes the use of protein-based biosensors to investigate molecular and structural mechanisms of the interleukin 5/receptor/signal protein system, as well other receptor recognition systems of importance in biology and disease pathogenesis. The research group is associated with the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and with the A. J. Drexel Institute of Basic and Applied Protein Science.

The candidate for this position should hold a PhD in Biochemistry or Molecular Biology or related discipline and have a strong training/experience in recombinant protein construction and expression and an interest in protein-protein interactions.

Send resumes and names of 3 referees. Include a cover letter stating areas of research interest and career plans.