Technical Specialist - Tissue Culture

Charles River Laboratories ,
Saffron Walden, Essex
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Technical Specialist - Tissue Culture Req ID: 64311 Location: Saffron Walden, GB, CB10 1XL 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 Our Biology group based at our state of the facilities in Saffron Walden is looking to recruit for a Technical Specialist on a permanent basis. You will be self-motivated and enthusiastic about working in a tissue culture environment and have experience of high quality cell culture, cell banking, or GXP cell production, ideally gained within an industrial or academic screening environment. You will be working with a range of cross-disciplinary teams, supplying cells for a wide array of cellular assay formats and helping to advance client projects aimed at discovering new medicines. This exciting role will place you as part of a core team working at the forefront of drug discovery, cooperating with clients and colleagues across the world. Our challenging and fast paced environment provides the ideal opportunity to showcase your expertise, helping to build a dynamic team and contribute to the discovery of potential new medicines. You will also be given the chance to develop your own skills via interaction with scientists from diverse cultural and scientific backgrounds. Our ideal candidate will have a degree or degree level qualification, 5+ years relevant experience, and a passion for applying scientific expertise to drug discovery collaborations. Being adept at working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will need to possess the flexibility required to work in a goal-oriented environment. Technical Requirements: Significant experience with cell culture technology development and implementation Significant experience in culturing and troubleshooting a significant number (30+) of recombinant, primary or stem cell lines in parallel Ability to provide cells for high throughput screening and a knowledge of contemporary cryopreservation methods in order to supply consistent large batches of cells for continually running projects Knowledge of molecular biology and cell line generation experience in order to provide best practice to client cell line generation projects An awareness of relevant scientific and contemporary cellular assay practices, with the ability to use this knowledge to troubleshoot assays A deep understanding of a wide variety of cell culture methods, and able to apply learnings from one method to other areas Awareness of biological safety requirements of tissue culture facilities and methods of avoiding contamination If you think your skills fit our requirements and you are keen to advance, or start, your career in industry, apply now! NB In order to fulfil our requirements under our COVID-19 working policy, the successful candidates may be asked to work outside of the standard working pattern of Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5.30 pm. Please can you indicate any preferences for times/days to be worked on your application 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 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resol

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