(Senior) Technical Assistant

at  Ascend Advanced Therapies

ABOUT ASCEND:

Ascend is pioneering the future of healthcare through relentless innovation, our forward-thinking company is on a mission to manufacture safe, efficacious, and scalable gene therapies. Our vision is to set a new standard for gene therapy manufacturing through continuous scientific and process innovation. Our teams, rooted in biopharma, possess regulatory knowledge and prioritize the quality and potency of manufacturing high-class products.
Join us to pursue your passion and make a difference in the industry where there are no limits to what we can achieve.

QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Any “Technical Assistant” according to the German educational system (BTA, CTA, MTA, UTA, MLTA, …)
• Any “Laborant” according to the German educational system (Biologie-Laborant, Chemie-Laborant, …)
• Bachelor of Science with a biological, biotechnological or (bio-)chemical background

SKILLS

• Proficiency in English and German, both written and spoken
• Basic knowledge of gene therapy, AAV vectors and their applications
• Experience with analytical methods such as qPCR, ddPCR, ELISA
• Experience with adherent and suspension cell culture technology
• A high level of accuracy, reliability, and attention to detail
• A familiarity with electronic laboratory notebooks
• A strong sense of responsibility and initiative

• Support and interact with a multi-disciplinary development team bringing together all aspects of characterization and improvement of AAV-based viral vectors for gene therapy
• Perform cell culture of adherent and suspension mammalian cell lines
• Execute small-scale production and purification of AAV vectors
• Perform broad range of analytical assays to characterize AAV vectors
• Perform molecular biology techniques such as PCR, cloning, sequencing
• Record, document and report experimental results and data
• Operate and maintain laboratory instruments