Research Associate

Beschreibung:
We make it GmbH is a company operating nationally in Switzerland, which has a high level of competence in the personnel services sector thanks to many years of successful experience.

Concentration of placement activities on the core areas of industry, technology, office/administration, engineering, pharmaceuticals and IT. We make it GmbH places the highest demands on quality, ethics and discretion.

For our client an international pharmaceutical company based in the region Zurich we are looking for a Research Associate.

**Research Associate**:
**Background**

As part of the Roche Pharma Research and Early Development organization, Molecular & Cell Technologies
discovery.
We focus on the support of portfolio projects during early, pre-clinical development of potential new therapeutic
generation of antibody and antigen expression constructs, optimized expression vectors for antigen supply,
antibody format conversion, designing and engineering of recombinant cell lines and protein production at
different scales.

We are seeking a research associate with relevant molecular biology and protein expression experience to join
throughput automated cloning to generate therapeutic antibodies of different formats.

**Task and Responsibilites**
- Setting up and optimizing high throughput plasmid generation
- Evaluation and optimization of existing workflows
- Transfer of manual workflows to HTP automated processes
- Oversee and optimize relevant associated workflows
- Present and discuss generated data
- Perform data entry and analysis, prepare timely updates of project progress reports
- Organize and maintain detailed records of laboratory processes
- Support maintenance of laboratory supplies and perform additional laboratory duties as assigned

**You must have these qualifications**
- Finished apprenticeship, Bachelor’s or Master's degree, or equivalent experience in biology or related field (**)
- Min. 2 years experience in a laboratory setting with a focus on molecular biology
- Strong hands-on experience in state-of-the-art cloning techniques (**)
- EDV- experience and a technical flair (G-Suite or MS Office) (**), knowledge in cloning software like Geneious is a plus
- Fluency written and spoken in English is mandatory
- Proactive personality and drive to optimize workflows
- Ability to work independently
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

**Nice to haves**
- Experience in mammalian cell culture and transfection
- Familiarity with lab automation

**Work hours**
- Standard

**Are you interested?