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

Minimum Requirements:

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

Skills:

• 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

Languages :

• English.
• German would be an additional asset

Accessibility and accommodation:

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