Publicerad: 2012-01-18
Adecco is the largest recruiting and staffing company in the world. Adecco Life Science is one of our specialized Business Lines, which works exclusively with Staffing Services and Recruitment of personnel for the Life Science industry. Our customers are within the Pharmaceutical-, Biotech- and Medtech companies. We focus on positions within R&D, QA, QC, Clinical Research, Marketing and Sales. We are now recruiting a Senior Research Scientist for a one year assignment (to start with, but it might be longer), preferably the candidate start in February, location Mölndal. Job Purpose:
To be lab-based, providing expertise in the competency of cellular bioreagent science and supply, propose experimental strategies, troubleshoot problems and to make a significant contribution to the practical delivery of projects in accordance with SHE requirements and in compliance with all AZ Corporate responsibility policies. The following skills are highly desirable:
- Expert knowledge in the production of cells and membranes to be used directly for target validation and screening or to enable the purification of proteins for structure target validation and/or screening.
- Experience of a range of expression systems including in vitro translation, bacterial (E.coli) expression, yeast (Pichia pastoris), insect, mammalian transient and stable expression systems.
- Expert knowledge of applying mammalian transient and stable expression systems and insect cell expression systems
- Experience in aspects large scale cell supply (eg. Use of fementors, cell factories etc)
- Expertise in the functional characterization of cells
- Experience in the development of stable cell lines
Accountabilities:
- To work independently to contribute to the design and analysis of experimental procedures by incorporating the views of others
- To show self-awareness of training needs including leadership development.
- To interpret experimental data and play a significant role in the planning of further experiments.
- To maintain an awareness of current developments in the literature.
- To act as a mentor, coach and role model for research scientists.
- To contribute to the continuous improvement process by identifying opportunities in the workplace where improvements can be made.
- To be an effective team member in supporting Discovery Projects to meet their objectives
- To identify and solve problems associated with their experiments.
- To use judgment and knowledge where appropriate to influence the work of the project, team, section and department.
- To achieve personal scientific visibility through project contributions, internal presentations and publications.
- To contribute to writing abstracts/patents and peer-reviewed publications
- To schedule agreed work-plans over agreed timelines to such that the objectives of the team are met.
- To understand and develop, if appropriate for the discipline, an intellectual property strategy for the project and its significance in securing AZ?s position.
- To conduct where appropriate in parallel more than one agreed area of work to agreed timelines.
- To participate in and contribute to local discipline review groups
- May be a key member of a collaboration or supervise (not line manage) an external scientist for AZ
- May lead one or more aspects of the scientific discipline within their team.
Functional Knowledge:
Ideally should have a Ph.D in a relevant scientific discipline, or a BSc/MSc. degree with relevant experience in drug discovery or early development.
What do we offer?
Adecco is the world?s largest recruitment and staffing company and our most important asset is our qualified employees. With us, and on our customer assignments, you, as a consultant, will be appreciated for your difference-making competence! Your bank of experience will grow, as will your social and professional network of contacts. Adecco can offer you the opportunity of interesting assignments at attractive companies, of positions that perhaps never will be put on the open market.
We want you to feel good and will give you subsidies for preventive healthcare and discounts on training cards. In order for you to feel secure, you will also be covered by insurance and corporate healthcare.
Are you interested?
Then you should apply as soon as possible. The position is to be filled immediately, and, for that reason, work with recruitment is being done on a continual basis during the application period.
If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Jenni Sventoft at tel. 08-598 981 29.
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