Associate scientist Process Development (DSP)

Location: Netherlands

SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organisation, based in Zuid-Holland Netherlands.

The Company

In our organization entrepreneurial people are working in a dynamic culture in which innovation and a 'can do' state of mind are the central points. In order to strengthen our team we are continuously looking for enthusiastic, talented people who have the ambition to develop themselves and can be of value to us.

Role Description

The Bacterial Vaccines department is working on the discovery and early development of novel vaccines for bacterial infectious diseases. It strives to address unmet medical needs, such as bacteremia (sepsis) and nosocomial infections. Projects at the Bacterial Vaccines department are primarily structured on scientific and technical collaboration with external biotechnology partners (governmental and industrial) that are innovative leaders in their field. This working process includes ‘state of the art’ vaccine discovery, with subsequent in vivo evaluation of these vaccine candidates in animal models for immunogenicity and/or efficacy. In addition, manufacturing processes are optimized and established, and the resulting clinical trial material is evaluated in human clinical studies.

The Bacterial Vaccines department is strengthening its process development capabilities, which are centered mainly on the production and purification of carbohydrate and protein antigens. The department is recruiting a qualified Assistant/Associate scientist Process Development (DSP) for two major vaccine projects. In the course of your work, you will interact with various Bacterial Vaccines teams, and with other support departments. You will be expected to perform laboratory work fulltime.

Responsibilities

- Organizing, setting up, monitoring and evaluating antigen purification experiments, with help of small/medium-scale chromatography, filtration, precipitation, .
- Analyzing in process control samples, data acquisition and evaluation.
- Daily operation and maintenance of equipment.
- Work will be performed under supervision of a Scientist.

Requirements

- M.Sc., or equivalent, in a relevant discipline such as bioengineering, biochemistry, bacteriology, chemistry chemical engineering or related fields.
- Minimal two years of professional experience (biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry is a plus).
- Previous experience working with carbohydrate and protein purification (DSP) methods (e.g. chromatography, filtration, precipitation) is a must.
- Fundamental knowledge about purification techniques is a must.
- Working knowledge of analytical techniques

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Windimi Post.