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.
As a Lead Scientist in this lab-based role you will deliver technical solutions for the next generation purification processes that meet industry demands. You will design, plan and execute studies in support of technology or process/product development projects with well-defined scopes and timelines. Analyse study data to drive conclusions and maintain Lonza as the lead supplier.
Key responsibilities:
1. Contribute to the development of advanced primary recovery strategies
2. Assess novel primary recovery technologies at Laboratory and Pilot scale
3. Design, develop and optimize scalable primary recovery processes and novel affinity purification methods
4. Assess ligands and tag technologies for novel affinity capture steps
5. Study ligand-protein interactions through in-silico and biophysical methods
6. Develop and refine the process conditions for bespoke affinity capture methods
7. Independently designs studies, collate, evaluate/analyzeand interpret complex data sets to achieve project targets
8. Write and execute detailed study plans with problem statements, success criteria and timelines
9. Author high quality technical reports and publications with scientifically supported conclusions and recommendations
Key requirements:
10. Bachelor's or master's degree in the field of biotechnology, chemistry or chemical engineering
11. Demonstrable experience in working in a laboratory environment
12. Experience in the primary recovery area such as depth filtration, centrifugation process development, novel affinity capture methods for mAb and Non-Mab (NMF) products
13. Experience in writing scientific technical reports and publications
14. Fluent English language skills
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.
Reference: R61907