Full-Time Culture Media Scientist
Job Description
Are you looking for a new role as a Culture Media Scientist? Do you want to work for a business that is growing at a rapid pace with lots of opportunity for the future? If so, this could be the role for you!
The purpose of this role is to conduct scientific work, to support the development and production of animal myoblasts or adipocytes from stem cells to replace muscle or fat grown in animals. As a scientist you will join our clients Cell Biology Team.
This role is offered on a full time permanent basis, with a business that also offers lots of other benefits that will make you feel truly at home whilst at work.
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Brand spanking new HQ
- Yearly bonus
- Private Medical Healthcare
- Investing in your personal development
- Being part of a high energy and fun team
- Fun events throughout the year
- Endless dinner party job talk stories
- Free snacks!
Responsibilities:
- Develop, optimise, and characterise cell culture medium to maximise conversion into muscle or fat cells
- Optimise protocols to enhance proliferation of primary stem cells in vitro
- Design, plan, and execute complex R&D experiments ensuring that deliverables are successfully met within timelines
- Document research findings clearly in an electronic lab book
- Communicate regularly in group meetings and prepare and deliver presentations to project team and internal stakeholders
- Along with team members, provide routine laboratory maintenance, including participating in equipment upkeep, cleaning rotas and laboratory consumables stock management
- Shared responsibility for out-of-hours cell culture maintenance
- Ensure that laboratory health, safety and quality procedures are followed
- Select, follow, and adapt experimental protocols and generate laboratory SOPs
- Support the preparation of laboratory risk assessments and maintenance of health and safety protocols
- Maintain the confidentiality of the project and protocols
- Keep abreast of current technologies and relevant scientific literature to help identify opportunities for improvements and reduction of costs
Qualifications:
- PhD in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or related field.
- Two years of post-doctoral experience, in cell biology, and process development, preferably gained in industry or in an academic-industrial collaboration
Essential Experience:
- Extensive experience in cell process development, with deep knowledge of cell biology and cell metabolism / biochemistry
- Proven experience in cell culture, including serum free culture medium evaluation and screening, culture characterisation and process optimisation
- Skilled in troubleshooting and conducting multi-factorial experiments
- Ability to apply mathematical characterisation to biological processes
- Excellent numeracy, computer, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of growing team
Desirable Experience:
- Stem and primary cell culture
- Suspension or 3D cell culture
- Experience in the application of ‘omics to process design and optimisation
- Proven experience in statistical experimental design, data analysis and multi-step optimisation
- Metabolic analysis and optimisation of cell culture medium and processes
- Experience of writing SOPs and risk assessments
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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