Research Associate(f/m/d)

Research Associate(f/m/d) – immunology / cell biology / english / mouse-handling / ELISA/ELISPOT

Projekt:
For our client Roche in Schlieren Kanton Zürich we are looking for a Research Associate (f/m/d)

Background:

The Zurich Roche Center of Excellence is active in the research and development of engineered therapeutic antibodies, with a focus on the fields of cancer immunotherapy and immunotherapy in general. Part of the Roche Group since 2005, it employs about 180 people.
Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The candidate will join the Cancer Immunotherapy Discovery Department at the Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Center of Excellence for Cancer Immunotherapy (Schlieren, Switzerland) and will interact closely with the team of scientists and senior scientists working on a novel class of cancer immunotherapies. She/he will focus on performing in vitro and ex-vivo biological assays to characterize the efficacy of new molecules and unravel their mechanism of action.
The perfect candidates have a finished university degree or apprentice ship and first experience in immunology or in cell biology, speak and write fluent English and ideally have first experience with cancer immunotherapy.

Tasks & Responsibilities
* Develop and implement experiments and / or methods of analysis and validation
* Support the lab scientists on project related work
* Prepare documentation in accordance with guidelines
* Have Laboratory manager responsibilities including daily lab routine, ordering supplies and monitoring inventory

Must Haves:
* Bachelor’s, Master’s degree in Immunology, cell biology or similar; or apprenticeship as Lab technician. (No PhDs or PhDs candidates)
* First experience in immunology or in cell biology
* Oral and written fluency in English
* Good communication and presentation skills
* Ability to work effectively and independently according to time-lines
* Excellent organizational skills, endowed with personal initiative, precise/diligent, detail oriented to provide high quality data

Nice to have:
* Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture, isolating cells and establishing primary cell culture from murine tissues / organs and human peripheral blood or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
* Experience with cell sorting (Aria III)
* Expertise in common mouse-handling techniques and tumor mouse models
* Experience with phenotypic and functional characterization of mouse and human immune and stromal cells by multicolor flow cytometry, ELISA/ELISPOT

Reference No.: 921867TP
Role: Research Associate
Industry: Pharma
Location: Schlieren
Workload:100%
Start: 01.11.2022
Duration: 12 months

Deadline: 25.08.2022

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