Lead Scientist (Grade 09)

Job title: Lead Scientist (Grade 09)

Company: Lonza

Job description: Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.As a Lead Scientist in this lab-based role you will deliver technical solutions for the next generation purification processes that meet industry demands. You will design, plan and execute studies in support of technology or process/product development projects with well-defined scopes and timelines. Analyse study data to drive conclusions and maintain Lonza as the lead supplier.Key responsibilities:Contribute to the development of advanced primary recovery strategiesAssess novel primary recovery technologies at Laboratory and Pilot scaleDesign, develop and optimize scalable primary recovery processes and novel affinity purification methodsAssess ligands and tag technologies for novel affinity capture stepsStudy ligand-protein interactions through in-silico and biophysical methodsDevelop and refine the process conditions for bespoke affinity capture methodsIndependently designs studies, collate, evaluate/analyze and interpret complex data sets to achieve project targetsWrite and execute detailed study plans with problem statements, success criteria and timelinesAuthor high quality technical reports and publications with scientifically supported conclusions and recommendationsKey requirements:Bachelor’s or master’s degree in the field of biotechnology, chemistry or chemical engineeringDemonstrable experience in working in a laboratory environmentExperience in the primary recovery area such as depth filtration, centrifugation process development, novel affinity capture methods for mAb and Non-Mab (NMF) productsExperience in writing scientific technical reports and publicationsFluent English language skillsEvery day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

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Location: Slough, Berkshire

Job date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 04:50:24 GMT

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