Technician In Vitro Biology

Job title:

Technician In Vitro Biology

Company

Charles River Laboratories

Job description

For 75 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 SummaryTechnician In Vitro Biology – CAR-TFor 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to help discover, develop, 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.
Our Discovery team offers a functional service provider solution that provides a unique partnership. This partnership allows our customers to benefit from the experience of our staff while enabling our employees to gain direct experience by working onsite at pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical companies.In this role, you will support the CAR-T program at the client’s facilities in Mechelen.What you will be doing:

• Run toxicity assays on primary cells to support CAR-T lead candidate selection.
• Maintain and culture multiple primary cell lines (adherent and suspension).
• Work closely with the client CAR-T team to ensure optimal implementation of the assays for routine testing using stand-alone equipment.
• Produce and characterize lentiviruses.
• Analyse and report your data to the client project leader according to DDI guidelines.
• Document your lab work in an electronic lab note system and in Powerpoint.
• Plan your experiments independently according to agreed timelines and demonstrate ownership of own tasks to meet required deliverables.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the client project team and the insourced Charles River team.
• Contribute ideas for continuous improvement and adopt process changes to improve efficiency.
• Maintain a clean and safe laboratory work environment.

Candidate requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or related field; ideally 1 year of experience in an industry setting or equivalent.
• Knowledge of biochemical/cellular assays and cell culture techniques is a must (cell lines and primary cells).
• Excellent team player with objective-driven mindset.
• Good organizational, administrative and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Commitment to successfully deliver to tight deadlines is essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; fluent in English.

About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.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.With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.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 inclusion and work daily in this direction.

Expected salary

Location

Beerse, Antwerpen

Job date

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:53:53 GMT

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