RD&A Senior Scientist

at  Kerry

ABOUT KERRY

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Expert in and approved for mouse handling in Ireland
• Expertise in flow cytometry, cell culture, ELISA and other cell-based assays
• Must be independent, self-starter, efficient at managing multiple priorities and tenacious to resolve scientific challenges while meeting project deadlines
• Educational qualifications: PhD in Immunology or related field required, postdoctoral experience desirable
• Systems: Fluent use of MS Office, GraphPad Prism, FlowJo
• This is a 12 month fixed term contract

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you interested in applying cutting edge scientific results to food, beverage and supplement ingredients to improve human health?
We are recruiting for an RD&A Senior Scientist to play an active part in generating scientific data to describe and substantiate the benefits of a growing portfolio of existing and novel food ingredients on human health.
The successful candidate will work highly independently as a Researcher in Residence at Trinity College Dublin embedded in the Macrophage Homeostasis Research Group led by Dr. Frederick Sheedy, as well as be part of a dynamic global team, based in Dublin, Ireland with primary reporting responsibilities to the ProActive Health RD&A team based in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA.
Research priorities will involve investigating the synergy between and efficacy of the current portfolio of ProActive Health ingredients using cell culture and molecular biology techniques and animal models
This unique position will be a full time Kerry employee granted full access to the shared resources and research facilities of the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute and will be an adjunct member of the Sheedy lab with access and expectation to engage with both Sheedy lab and Trinity Biomedical Science Institute members through formal (lab meetings, journal clubs, seminar series) and informal venues.
As part of Kerry, this position can also provide opportunities, if desired, such as gaining experience of designing and executing clinical trials, project management, communicating science discoveries to both scientific and lay-person audiences and experience of regulatory and business concerns that affect direction and communication of research.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct research on novel bioactive molecules using in vitro models (primary human and mouse immune cells and various cell lines) and in vivo models.
• Design, execution and interpretation of experiment results for Kerry-directed research priorities.
• Regular communication of results to an international team of expert scientists.
• Preparation of protocols, technical reports and data presentations to relevant internal and external stakeholders, including opportunities to work with marketing and outreach initiatives.
• Generate ideas for new ways to investigate the benefits of ProActive Health ingredients on human health.
• Ordering lab supplies and maintaining a clean and safe lab environment.
• Assist with general lab and equipment maintenance as part of the Macrophage Homeostasis Research lab.