Bioreactor Scientist - CHO Cell Culture

Kalamazoo, MI, US

In-personFull time roleEarly Career, Mid Level

About 1 month ago

About the Job

Grow CHO cell culture from vial thaw to scale up bioreactors for use by the analytical group, or downstream processing group according to established procedures.
Conduct cell culture experiments within statistically designed matrices for purposes of bioprocess characterization and optimization.
Monitor culture growth, productivity and performance while preparing and adding feed and nutrients for culture viability
Run basic analytical methods and culture offline methods, which may include HPLC, Vicell, BioHT metabolite analysis.
Assist senior members of the Mab Prep Lab and Upstream process development team with large-scale preps and routine processing.
Perform, describe, and present data analysis by using instrument computer software and office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Maintain a research laboratory notebook to document all lab-based work, write basic study reports and delivery memos and assist team members with more complicated report writing.
Order and stock laboratory equipment and supplies for the Mab Prep Lab laboratory.
Work with multiple scientists within the group to effectively schedule work. Be flexible to work with other groups in Kalamazoo if workloads so require.
Experience with coding language. Specific language not required, but independent experience with scripting for Excel, statistical analysis, automation, etc. is desired.

About the Company

Eurofins

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

5000 +

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 the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat 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 is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product 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. Since 1987, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a network of independent companies in 62 countries, operating over 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. Ever since its IPO on the French stock exchange in 1997, Eurofins has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies.