Scientist Cell Engineering

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of. We are currently looking for a Scientist to join our Cell Engineering team within R&D at our Cambridge site. In this role, you will be working on projects that create novel CHO cell lines and gene expression platforms with enhanced performance characteristics. You will have the opportunity to join an innovative and impactful team with a diverse range of skills and experience across a range of fields including cell and molecular biology, mammalian cell culture, recombinant protein expression, protein engineering, and cell engineering. You will be able to test your own ideas and develop yourself whilst learning new techniques and trialing different equipment. Key responsibilities: Contribute to the delivery of new CHO-based mammalian expression hosts and vector systems for the expression of complex therapeutic proteins Explore innovative ideas to optimise the cell line development process including the use of automation equipment’s & novel technologies Culture mammalian cell lines in flasks and small-scale bioreactors and perform analytical procedures as required by the project Generate mammalian expression vectors using state of the art assembly techniques Collate, analyse, evaluate and sign-off data to produce good quality information and traceable records and reporting Working as a team player and working with a high degree of flexibility Key requirements: BSc in Life Sciences / Science/ Molecular Biology Practical experience within R&D in an industrial/academic settings A good technical background in molecular biology, and mammalian cell culture techniques – experience with CHO suspension cultures is advantageous Key cell culture techniques desired include mammalian cell culture, stable transfection, single cell isolation Familiarity with implementation/development of automation for cell line screening Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically. People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference. #LI-AM4