Scientific Associate 1

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Charles River Laboratories Full time

**Req ID**:219046**Location**:Edinburgh, GB, EH14 4APAt Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
- Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
- As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

**Job Summary**
- For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are currently seeking a Scientific Associate for our Biomarker Team located at our site at Clearwater House in Riccarton, Edinburgh.
The larger department of Immunology, Bioanalysis and Biomarkers consists of a dynamic group of approximately 80 researchers that support our clients as they endeavour to bring novel treatments coving a wide range of therapeutic areas to patients. This multifunctional team ensures that clients are provided with accurate and reliable data in order to satisfy the regulatory expectations associated with bringing new treatments to the market. This is accomplished using a wide variety of scientific techniques across the fields of Immunochemistry, Immunology, Cell Based Assays and Molecular Biology.
As part of the Biomarker team, the successful applicant will be involved in the development, validation, and implementation of immunoassays to support Biomarker assessments including those considered Safety; Pharmacodynamic; Surrogate; Predictive/Prognostic; Monitoring and Susceptibility.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Processing of samples
- Operation of state-of-the-art analytical equipment
- Recording and reporting of data.

**Profile and Requirements**
- Profile and Requirements
-Specific criteria that you are required to meet include:

- Strong team player with good communication skills
- Interest in working with sophisticated laboratory equipment
- Understanding of core laboratory skills and techniques
- Ability to perform well and thrive in a high-pressure environment
- Basic understanding of GLP and GCP
The starting salary for this role is £26,244.91
This role closes Tueday, 5 September 2023.
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**About Safety Assessment**
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

**About Charles River**
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
- At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.- At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and in



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