Junior Scientist

We are looking for a Down Stream Process Junior Scientist within the RnA (Research and Application) department.

You will be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, therefore good interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to be organized, react promptly and meet deadlines when under pressure.

This is a rare opportunity to gain a role in an ambitious, growing leading edge company with a global reputation where the atmosphere is professional and friendly, further qualifications and training are actively encouraged in a highly innovative team environment.

As part of the DSP Lab, the main activities of your daily job will be:

• Collaborating in development, verification or improvement of purification methods of synthetic, semisynthetic or biosynthetic products by means of different separation techniques as filtration, microfiltration, nanofiltration, chromatography, centrifugation
• Collaborating in the development of drying methods through lyophilization and spray-drying techniques
• Collaborating in execution of laboratory and pilot scale activities aimed at process development and troubleshooting
• Support for scale-up of processes developed in the laboratory
• Perform in-process basic controls
• Search and review of the scientific and patent literature
• Activities of collecting, reviewing and managing results related to the search, drafting of research reports and scientific presentation.
• Managing equipment logbooks, basic maintenance of the laboratory equipment
• Management of safety records, hazardous disposal and laboratory reagents warehousing

• Master degree in medicinal chemistry (CTF) or industrial Biotechnology or chemistry
• Basic competencies and practical experience of the main analytical techniques/instruments
• Basic competencies of purification techniques (Solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation)
• Experience in scientific literature search and review
• Previous experiences in the field are preferable but not mandatory

• Fluent in Italian and good level of English (spoken and written)
• Knowledge of techniques and tools for chemical analysis
• Knowledge of fermentation and purification processes (downstream)
• Knowledge of statistics
• Knowledge of Office tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, LIMS/ELN)
• Proactive approach and curious about learning
• Fixed Term Contract – Maternity Replacement