Upstream Bioprocess Scientist

**- Work with a motivated and highly specialised team focused on scientific rigour.**
**- Focus on scale-up of cell lines.**
**- Work with a range of scientific and commercial teams to support the advancement of the cultivated meat sector.**
The client is a cutting-edge biotech company focused on cell lines for the cultivated agriculture sector. As pioneers in food security and sustainability, they are focused on advancing disruptive technologies to change how we produce proteins without causingdamage to human health, animals, and the environment. Focused on scientific rigour, there is a strong emphasis on team performance and personal development. Producing cell lines for the cultivated meat industry, the client has a unique technology and businessmodel that is helping make cultivated meat and seafood a reality across the globe.
The role will be focused on developing and validating scalable upstream bioprocessing protocols to show that the clients’ cells can grow to high densities in large-scale bioreactors. You will be working across the innovation and commercial facing teams, contributingto advancements within animal stem cell cultivation at scale.
**What you'll be doing**:

- Working on upstream bioprocess development and bioreactor optimisation within the cultivated meat sector.
- Develop and validate scalable upstream bioprocessing protocols, providing evidence that the cells grow to high densities in large-scale bioreactors.
- Working with the commercial and innovation teams to advance the field of stem cell cultivation at scale, supporting with technology transfer for other major players within the cultivated meat sector.
- Advancing your skillset, working with global leaders within the space and enjoying personal career development.
**What experience you’ll need to apply?**:

- Experience in academia and/or industry in mammalian/stem cell culture bioreactor operation. This will be either batch, batch-fed, and/or perfusion culture.
- Experience delivering a research project, from design through to execution, data processing, and experimental reports.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, plus proficiency in Microsoft Office package.
- Experience of working to GMP and relevant ISO standards.
- Experience working within the cultivated meat sector. Ideally, this will be focused on scale-up and cell density optimisation.
- Experience in stem cell pluripotency maintenance and differentiation techniques.
- Experience in cell culture media design and component analysis.
- Experience in metabolic flux analysis and bioprocess modelling
- Experience in project delivery and report writing, or commercial R&D projects.
The client is open to academic and industry experience. Reach out if you have any questions regarding the role requirements, as there is some flexibility.
**What you’ll get in return for your experience**:
This is a full-time position (40 hours) with core hours of 9am-5pm Monday-Friday in-lab. There is a 1-hour break for lunch. There is the requirement for occasional weekend work which are given back as TOIL (Time Off In Lieu). The role includes a competitivesalary banding of £30-£50k (dependent on experience) and;
- 32 days of holiday (including Bank Holidays).
- 10% employer and 5% employee pension contribution.
- Regular company events to support and develop company culture.
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