Summary

In order to advance our diverse development pipeline of biopharmaceutical products we are looking for a postgraduate scientist in the field of cell culture process development to support the improvement and intensification of cell culture processes as well as the exploration of new technologies for therapeutic protein manufacture.

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

• Support the development of efficient, high-yielding, robust and scalable fermentation processes for new biological entities
• Support the improvement and intensification of established fed-batch cell culture processes from vial break to harvest, including seed and main bioreactor stage
• Support the evaluation and implementation of new equipment and technologies (e.g. new feeding strategies, process formats) in the Upstream Process (USP) environment
• Design, plan, and execute USP lab activities, primarily parallel fermentation experiments, in our lab scale (< 10 L) facility using state of the art disposable and glass bioreactor technology

• Master of Science in Life Sciences, e.g., in Biotechnology, Biochemistry or Bio-engineering with basic knowledge in upstream processing or equivalent education/experience

• Basic laboratory experience with mammalian cell cultures, primarily aseptic handling, ideally with shake flasks, wave and stirred bioreactors (experience in parallelized and automated cultivation in ambr250 systems is a plus)
• Intrinsic curiosity, willingness to adopt challenging tasks and grow in related areas of expertise (e.g. parallelized, automated cultivation)
• Experienced in independently planning, executing, and evaluating own laboratory experiments and presenting the data

• English.
• German would be an additional asset