Associate Scientist

6 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom UCB Full time

**Make your mark for patients**

We are looking for an **Associate Scientist** who is agile and innovative to support the **Microbial Upstream **team based in **Slough, UK**.

**About the role**

This role involves a wide range of process development activities including _E. coli_ fermentation and primary recovery process optimisation studies with focus on lysis step, troubleshooting investigations, evaluation of cellular responses, product quality and process performance. To be considered you should be an enthusiastic, proactive, team player who has an experience with plasmid production at lab and/ or pilot scale.

**What you’ll do**
- Performing microbial experiments at lab and pilot scales (from 250mL to 200L).
- Providing traceable records of lab work, experimental design and report writing.
- Aiding with reviewing, writing and updating internal procedures and documents.
- Identifying scale-up challenges and developing robust processes.
- Trending and analysing laboratory data and present results to line manager, microbial team and at internal meetings.
- Utilize knowledge from molecular biology, biochemical engineering, microbial process development, statistics, and cellular metabolism to aid in process development and optimization of upstream processes producing mainly plasmids.

**Who you’ll work with**

Microbial team

**Interested?** For this position you’ll need the following** **education, experience and skills**:

- A minimum of a BSc/BEng (or equivalent) in Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering or related discipline
- Experience working in a lab environment (strong preference for plasmid production and recovery utilizing _coli_ cells)
- Experience in the operation of lab and pilot scale microbial processes, including the use of various bioreactor systems and relevant operating control software is preferred.
- Having a sound understanding of _E.coli_ physiology is preferred
- Enthusiasm to learn new techniques and contribute to the team’s work

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you

**About us**
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

**Why work with us?**
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.

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