Associate Research Scientist

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to use the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.
This role will work fully on-site with our client in Rixensart, Belgium.

Qualifications and Experience :

• PhD in Life Sciences with previous postdoctoral or pharmaceutical industry experience, or Master’s degree with extensive previous experience in pharmaceutical industry.
• Wide expertise in Molecular Biology, recombinant protein expression and protein biochemistry
• Additional experience in laboratory automation, microbiology and/or immunology is an advantage
• Fluent in English is essential (oral and writing) and fluency French (oral and writing) is highly desirable
• Result-oriented, rigorous and structured.
• Dynamic, positive, and curious. Open to change/able to easily adapt to changes in the workplace

As an Associate Research Scientist you will support recombinant protein expression activities and will be responsible for:

• Designing, implementing, and completing the expression strategy
• Implement new technologies.
• Timely data generation
• May supervise/train in technician and other scientists in laboratory/scientific techniques.
• Active participation and presentation of lab results in internal meetings, ensuring quality interpretation and extensive quality check of raw data.
• Ensure highest ethical standards, good scientific practices & data integrity are implemented in daily scientific activities.
• Participate to weekly lab meetings.

Qualifications and Experience :

• PhD in Life Sciences with previous postdoctoral or pharmaceutical industry experience, or Master’s degree with extensive previous experience in pharmaceutical industry.
• Wide expertise in Molecular Biology, recombinant protein expression and protein biochemistry
• Additional experience in laboratory automation, microbiology and/or immunology is an advantage
• Fluent in English is essential (oral and writing) and fluency French (oral and writing) is highly desirable
• Result-oriented, rigorous and structured.
• Dynamic, positive, and curious. Open to change/able to easily adapt to changes in the workplace.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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