Company Description

Eurofins Discovery, part of Eurofins Scientific, provides contract research services in Integrated Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, in vitro pharmacology and ADME, which are combined under our DiscoveryOne™ platform to provide a comprehensive solution for our clients.  Eurofins Discovery has a 30-year track record of drug discovery services to advance their mission to discover and develop effective therapeutics that have the potential to positively impact human health.  

Eurofins Integrated Discovery UK Ltd is part of the Eurofins Discovery group with expertise of delivering preclinical candidates.  Are you excited by working in a dynamic environment?  Does the potential to deliver insights that can lead to new medicines inspire you?  Eurofins Integrated Discovery are recruiting an experienced Cell Biologist to join our Biology Team and help establish new assays, discover new biology and generate decision making data for the advancement of new therapeutics. Our recent successes in this field have included the introduction of efferocytosis, phagocytosis and gene expression assays and their application to discovery programs.  Expanding upon these recent innovations, we are currently developing assays in the autophagy and mitophagy space. This role calls for someone who thrives on challenge and invention.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries.  Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.  In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

• To independently design, propose, develop and implement new approaches and innovative research projects to meet project and customer requirements.
• Identify new innovation opportunities for the expansion of Biology portfolio and technologies.
• Effectively manages their own time, able to work in a dynamic environment and balance multiple projects in parallel.
• To ensure maintenance of secure and accurate records of all project work and time spent working on allocated projects.
• Writes clear and concise reports for internal circulation and external publication.
• Independently evaluates, interprets, draws conclusions, and implements solutions.
• Actively expand knowledge on current and future projects and biology trends in the Drug Discovery industry
• To implement key software and IT design tools to process data and generate results.

Qualifications

At least 3 years’ experience in a multi-disciplinary research environment within the life science industry with relevant experience in cell-based assay development. Experience of cell imaging and/or mitochondrial cell biology would be an advantage.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

You will also be able to demonstrate good understanding of biology/biochemistry sufficiently to interpret routine results, develop assays in line with customer requirements and use problem-solving skills to propose alternatives.

You are a key team player with the ability to deliver results within tight deadlines.  You possess excellent inter-personal and communication skills, combined with a strong customer-focused approach.  The ability to co-ordinate within interdisciplinary teams would be an asset.  In return, Eurofins Integrated Discovery UK Ltd offers an excellent comprehensive total reward package. 

Additional Information

HOW TO APPLY:

Are you the person we are looking for?  If so, please visit our web-site at https://careers.eurofins.com/uk/ for more information on how to apply or send your CV and a covering letter to HR@selcia.com quoting job reference: EID/13/0324.  The closing date for applications is Monday 29th April 2024.