Responsibilities:

This Shift QC Analyst role is to be based in the QC team working with HPLC, GC and wet chemistry techniques. This is an exciting role for an analyst as it is a fast moving and dynamic company, where adaptability and flexibility are necessary to succeed in this position.

Qualifications & Skills:

The successful Shift QC Analyst will have a proven background within chemistry with experience in some or all of the mentioned laboratory techniques ideally gained working to GMP/within industry.

How to apply:

For more information or to apply for this Shift QC Analyst role please contact Heather Deagle on 0191 384 8905 or email hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference DH23511 in all correspondence.

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The agreement will allow early-stage biotech companies and entrepreneurs to gain access to both the laboratory facilities at The Babraham Research Campus, and the co-working community at the ideaSpace. This will therefore add an exciting new component to the start up ecosystem in Cambridge.

Babraham traditionally helps early stage biotech companies and entrepreneurs through programmes like the Biotechnology Investment Forum and the Cambridge Bio-Academic Showcase. However, this new collaboration would allow the Institute to reach a new audience – entrepreneurs from ideaSpace.

Entrepreneurs at ideaSpace will now be able to essentially partake in a spot of ‘hot-labbing’ – whereby they get part-time access to the laboratory facilities at the Babraham Institute. ideaSpace has been mainly high tech and software focused, but the new ‘hot-labbing’ agreement will allow them to attract members from other sectors.  This is explained by Dr Belinda Clarke, director of External Relations at ideaSpace, “The superb facilities at Babraham can help ideaSpace support a wider range of members from different sectors who require such specialist facilities.”

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Responsibilities:

As a Manufacturing Manager working a continental shift pattern, the role will involve continuous improvement and optimisation of products, processes and procedures.  You will also be responsible for staff management, training and development, handling customer queries and complaints and troubleshooting any bottlenecks in the manufacturing process. 

Qualifications:

The successful candidate for this Manufacturing Manager role must be qualified to degree level in a science or engineering based subject or possess equivalent industrial experience and have a proven track record in a supervisory or management role within a biotech related process or manufacturing site.

How to apply:

For more information or to apply for this Manufacturing Manager role please contact Barney Smith on 0191 384 8905 or email bsmith@ckscience.co.uk.  Please quote reference DH22909 in all correspondence.

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Plans are to be put forward in October and funding will be received from the Regional Growth Fund. University of Lincoln director Andrew Stevenson says that the centre “will attract world experts.” He added that the research centre will “help… producers become more efficient.” The centre is intended to take on students applying for undergraduate and post-graduate degrees as well as researchers and staff in current Lincolnshire businesses.

The centre will costs between £7 million and £10 million, and is expected to create 70 jobs directly, and over 200 jobs in the area. Chief executive of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, Mark Farmer, said that the plans “will put Lincolnshire on the map as a world-leader in a very important research sector.”

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The QinetiQ Group, based in Farnborough, is selling off its fuel and lubricants business for £500,000, reports insidermedia.com.

The Intertek Group is to take over the UK Fuel and Lubricants Testing Business (OALTB), which QinetiQ has sold in order to concentrate on their core services, including aerospace and security. Intertek is going to bring the fuel business into the pharmaceutical and chemical division of their operations.

This is the third recent acquisition by Intertek, who have also purchased Stoke based Food Analytical Laboratories Limited (FAL) and Rechere Developpement and Consulting (RDC), based in Brussels. Wolfhart Hauser, CEO of Intertek, has said the purchases “demonstrate Intertek’s progress in its strategy to add new expertise and capabilities across the supply chain.” He later commented that the firm is looking forward “to welcoming these companies and their management teams to Intertek.”

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Two biomedical companies, Alchemy Healthcare and Future Medical Technologies, are to each receive £50,000 from the North West Fund for Biomedical, reports pharmatimes.com.

The North West Fund is run by venture capital firm SPARK Impact and supplies debt and equity funding to small and medium sized businesses in the North West of England. Alchemy Healthcare has developed a nasal device for administering treatments in order to avoid injections. The investment they will receive will be used to “complete various elements of tooling and a modest clinical trial,” said Ian Harrison, the firm’s founder. They also hope to receive the results soon and receive further investment.

Future Medical Technologies has developed a polymer to mimic cartilage that is used to help arthritis, improving patient care. The investment will be used to speed development of the product and gain further regulatory approval. Dr Yousef Taktak has called the investment a “great opportunity.”

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The products being bid for include over the counter painkillers and vitamin supplements. These sales are the product of GSK’s reduction of non-core products announced in February, representing 10% of the consumer healthcare business. Bids for the products are expected on 8^th August, but will be negotiable. CEO Andrew Witty expects the deals to close in the fourth quarter of 2011 before adding that GSK will be looking for the best deal for shareholders to benefit.

Rival companies are unlikely to bid for all the products GSK is looking to offload, worth a maximum of around £2 billion. However because the products will not be sold as a single body, analysts believe that GSK will not be able to make that amount. The lack of coherence in the products on sale, other than, as one analyst says “stuff that GSK doesn’t want,” also means it will be difficult to sell the portfolio for such an amount in one go.

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Responsibilities:

As a Cell Biologist you will assist with characterisation of the binding properties and biological activity of domain antibodies and recombinant proteins to support early stage drug discovery programmes.

The ideal candidate:

The ideal candidate for this Cell Biologist role will have the following skills:

• Essential for this role is your practical experience in cell culture, assay development and optimisation of fluorescence based techniques such as Flow Cytometry, confocal microscopy and FRET.
• Ability to implement and run siRNA knockdown protocols is essential.
• You should be highly motivated and have a proven ability to handle multiple projects working both within a team and independently.
• Your experience of biological assay techniques will be complemented with a desire to develop, trouble shoot and validate protocols. 

Qualifications:

For this Cell Biologist role you must have a life science degree, PhD (or equivalent) and research experience in the field of cell biology and an understanding of molecular biology would be advantageous.  This is a temporary position until December 2011.

How to apply:

For more information for or to apply for this Cell Biologist role please contact Julie Marshall on jmarshall@ckscience.co.uk.  Please quote reference ST22426 in all correspondence.

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Environmental chemists

All industries need environmental officers to assess the effect the business has on the environment, and find ways to reduce that impact. The job essentially involves knowing the effects of chemicals (or whatever the business deals with) on the environment. For example, how can a pharmaceutical firm safely and effectively dispose of waste products or leftover stock?

Industries are taking a much more proactive role in environmental issues, so that the role of chemists is becoming prominent. Pharmaceutical, chemical and waste disposal industries all obviously need environmental chemists, but recently even IT firms are beginning to employ people to monitor their environmental impact. A solid grounding in chemistry is of great importance, and it is often recommended that those looking into such a role go on environmental courses.

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Aswell as being technically competent, you must be able to work well under pressure, be able to deal with customers, colleagues and heads of other departments, and train and develop staff.  You must be qualified to minimum HNC level in Microbiology or a related subject or possess equivalent industrial experience, and have a proven track record within a lab based supervisory role. 

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For more information, or to apply for this Laboratory Manager position, please contact Barney Smith on 0191 384 8905 or email bsmith@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference DH20844 in all correspondence.

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The new facility is based at the pharmaceutical company’s Havant site and has cost £26.3 million. This is a significant investment by Pfizer and is evidence to the UK’s strengths in life sciences and the pool of highly skilled pharmaceutical workers we have to offer. In fact, in 2009/2010, the UK alone attracted 173 life sciences investment projects, generating nearly 8,500 jobs.

Science Minister, David Willets stated, “Pfizer’s commitment to the UK is a big win for our life science and manufacturing base. I’m hugely encouraged that even in these tough economic times the world’s largest research-based biopharmaceutical company has chosen the UK to make this significant investment.

“The Government is determined to ensure that the UK has one of the leading business environments in the world for the life sciences and remains a global force in this field.”

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As Protein Scientist you will play an important role in supporting the different activities around rapid expression and scale-up of IgG using in-house protein expression technologies.

The Successful candidate for this Protein Scientist position will have a Degree in Life Sciences, (or equivalent experience) or a PhD (or equivalent) in Life Sciences would be desirable.

The key technical skills and competencies required for this Protein Scientist role include extensive experience in protein expression from eukaryotic cells in industrial environment and practical laboratory-based experience in cell culture. It is required you have experience in molecular biology.

You will be enthusiastic, flexible and willing to learn, as well as proactive with a high level of attention to detail. This is a contract position for 4 months and is a great opportunity to gain experience of working within a modern company in the Cambridge region.

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For more information, or to apply for this Protein Scientist job, please contact Julie Marshall at CK Science on 01438 723 500 or email jmarshall@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST20524 in all correspondence.

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As Senior QA Officer, you will be responsible for reviewing documentation in accordance to in-house specifications as well as cGMP. You will also provide QA advice for deviation investigation, root causing and change management. Part of the role will include internal auditing and supervision of less experienced staff.

To be successful for this Senior QA Officer role you will have a BSc in a scientific discipline (or equivalent). Previous experience with deviation investigation, batch release of API and dealing with customer complaints is essential. Experience in auditing or documentation review within a Quality Management System is also essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a biopharmaceutical company within an easy commuting distance from Cambridge.

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For more information, or to apply for this Senior QA Officer position, please contact Reena at CK Science on 01438 723 500 or email rdhana@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST20411 in all correspondence.

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Based in Nottingham, Biocity is one of Europe’s largest bioscience incubators. The award winning site currently hosts nearly 70 companies and over 525 employees and aims to provide a home for developing biotechnology and healthcare companies. 

By entering into partnership with Biocity, CK Science are able to support new start-up companies and facilitate the provision of high quality scientific recruitment advice and services to existing bioscience companies in the East Midlands.

Speaking of the partnership, Liam O’Connell, Director at CK Science stated, “CK Science are proud to announce our partnership with Biocity. We are passionate about supporting biotechnology and healthcare companies in their early stages of development. As a company we are very much looking forward to granting businesses at Biocity access to our expertise in recruiting high calibre staff to the scientific industry.”

As corporate partners, CK Science will be regular visitors to the Biocity site and is very much looking forward to attending regular advisory clinics and business networking events.

It has been reported however that the approach does not constitute a formal proposal and the two companies are not currently in talks. However, Sanofi’s CEO Chris Viehbacher is reportedly considering using the company’s cash to partake in acquisitions in a bid to secure revenues as the patents on their existing drugs are set to expire.

The majority of Genzyme’s focus lies with orphan drugs – those which are used to treat rare conditions which affect a very small percentage of the population. These drugs there for come with high price tags – an attractive prospect for Sanofi.

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The Purification Scientist will be responsible for the following:

• The technical transfer of downstream processes for microbial, mammalian and viral products.
• Reviewing technical development information and translates this information into a cGMP compliant manufacturing process
• Prepare manufacturing instructions and specifications
• Manufacture the products within the cGMP production facility to meet customer timelines
• Plan and organise downstream manufacturing campaigns for the team and lead continuous improvement projects as well as routine operations.

The ideal candidate for this Purification Scientist role will be educated to degree level, or equivalent, in a relevant scientific subject and have hands on downstream processing experience within a pharmaceutical or biotechnology environment for mammalian, microbial or viral technologies.

Experience working to GMP, supervising staff and with writing and reviewing SOP’s is also required. Experience in the technical transfer of products from development into a cGMP environment and with the execution of equipment qualification, cleaning validation and or sterilisation validation is also desirable.

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For more information or to apply for this Purification Scientist job, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email probertson@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference SH20111 in all correspondences.

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The ideal candidate for this Molecular Biologist job will be educated to PhD, or equivalent in Molecular Biology, Immunology or a similar scientific discipline. You will be involved in the management of transgenic mouse lines, with experience of cell assays, cell/tissue culture, and ideally FACs analysis would be an advantage. You will use your Molecular Biologist to support a number of core projects.

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For more information or to apply for this Molecular Biologist job, please contact Julie Marshall at CK Science on  01438 723500 or email your CV to jmarshall@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST20102 in all correspondence.

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Quintiles has been involved with Prana’s work since the company was established in 1997. However, recently Quintiles has subscribed to Prana’s newly subscribed shares in a bid to help support a planned definitive Phase II study with PBT2 (Prana’s lead compound for Alzheimer’s disease).

Speaking of the investment, a spokesperson from Prana stated the company was “delighted to have secured an organisation of the calibre and influence of Quintiles as a significant shareholder and supporter of Prada’s therapeutic goals”.

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Formerly the head of environmental sciences and technology at Imperial College in London, Professor Beddington was appointed to the role of chief scientist in 2008.

Beddington notoriously attracted a huge amount of media attention last year when he said the world would face a “perfect storm” by 2030 – by which he was referring to the impact of climate change on food, energy and water security.

Speaking of his knighthood, Beddington stated, “I am delighted by this honour, and particularly delighted because it recognises the importance of science and engineering in the UK.”

Other recipients of honours in the Queen’s birthday list included:

• Professor Colin Humphreys, Director of research at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Material Sciences and Metallurgy.
• Professor Athene Donald – Deputy Head of the Cavendish Laboratory and director of the Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative at the University of Cambridge becomes a Dame for services to physics.
• Professor Julia Goodfellow – Chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, also is made a Dame.

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This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing research company in Cambridge with excellent commuting links to London and the North

The ideal candidate for this Molecular Microbiologist job will be a post-doctoral scientist with a strong background in Molecular Microbiology/Molecular Biology and will have the ability to develop products aimed at Clostridium difficile and a range of Gram negative organisms.

This Molecular Microbiologist demands a candidate with a strong and varied Molecular Biology skill set, ideally with some microbiological application (we are not looking for a Microbiologist, we want a Molecular Microbiologist). They will hold a PhD with post doc experience in a related area (or equivalent) and it is essential that they have industrial experience again in a relevant area.

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For more information, or to apply for this Molecular Microbiologist role now, please contact Jason Johal on 01438 723500 or email jjohal@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST19929 in all correspondence.

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Here are some possible career paths for graduates whom have graduated in the following scientific disciplines:

• Biochemistry
• Biomedical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Microbiology
• Biology
• Food Science

Biochemistry:

• Biomedical Scientist: A Biomedical Scientist carries out laboratory tests on human samples to help diagnose illness and to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
• Pharmacologist: A Pharmacologist investigates how drugs and chemicals interact with biological systems.
• Clinical Research Associate: As a Clinical Research Associate you well set up, monitor and complete clinical trials.
• Clinical Biochemist: Clinical Biochemists analyse and interpret patients blood assist in the diagnosis of disease.

Biomedical Sciences:

• Biomedical Scientist: See above.
• Microbiologist: Microbiologists observe, identify and monitor microbes. They also develop new techniques, products and processes.
• Research Scientist: Research Scientists plan and conduct experiments to increase the body of research into medicine.
• Toxicologist: The main role of a Toxicologist is to plan and carry out laboratory and field studies to indentify and monitor the impact of toxic materials and radiation on human and animal health.

Chemistry:

• Analytical Chemist: Analytical Chemists perform structural, quantitative, product and formulation analyses.
• Clinical Biochemist: See above.
• Scientist – Process Development: This job involves scaling up processes developed in the laboratory so that they can be used in large scale manufacturing.
• Scientist – Product Development: This job involves taking ideas developed in the research stage and developing and formulating to the point where new products can be manufactured.
• Toxicologist: See above.

Biotechnology:

• Microbiologist: See above.
• Clinical Research Associate: See above.
• Clinical Molecular Geneticist: As a Clinical Molecular Geneticist you will use biochemical and molecular biology techniques to identify generic abnormalities associated with disease.

Microbiology:

• Microbiologist: See above.
• Toxicologist: See above.
• Biomedical Scientist: See above.
• Haematologist: Haematologists specialise in the study and analysis of blood and blood-forming tissues linked to disorders.

Biology:

• Research Scientist (Medical and Life Science): See above.
• Pharmacologist: As a Pharmacologist you will investigate how drugs and chemicals interact with biological systems. The aim of this job is to understand drugs and their actions so thy can be used effectively and safely.
• Clinical Molecular Geneticist: See above.

Food Science:

• Food Technologist/Scientist –Product Development: In this job you will work in three main areas:
• 1. Product Development
• 2. Quality Assurance
• 3. Retailing

The main aim of a Food Technologists job is to produce food which is safe and nutritious and has a consistent flavour, texture and colour. You will also develop existing products.

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As an Automation Scientist, you will be working with scientists in Research and Development where you will help evaluate current laboratory practices and help devise methods of automating practical work so that they can be performed in a more streamlined and efficient.

Working as an Automation Scientist, you will help install, test and validate new laboratory automation to ensure that it is fit for purpose and will help support and modify existing laboratory automation to ensure that it operates to a high standard and evolves to meet the changing needs of scientists.

This Automation Scientist role will also require you to help train and advise users on the optimal use of laboratory automation. Communication and collaboration with others forms a major part of this role. As part of the Automation team you will work at the bench to test laboratory automation and validate that the automation performs to the required standard and delivers benefits to the scientists.

The ideal candidate for this Automation Scientist job will have a degree or HNC/D in Life Sciences, Computing or near equivalent. You will also need laboratory skills in microbiology, molecular biology or assay work to work with scientists performing diverse laboratory processes before and after automation.

This Automation Scientist also demands a candidate with experience in inautomated liquid handlers, plate readers, automation software and equipment (Tecan, PerkinElmer, Biotek, Genetix and Velocity 11). Familiarity with additional automation platforms is also a plus.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading biotech company in the beautiful surroundings of Cambridgeshire, UK.

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For more information, or to apply for this Automation Scientist job now, please contact Julie Marshall at CK Science on 01438 723500 or email jmarshall@ckscience.co.uk.

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Our client is currently seeking to recruit an Assay Scientist to work with them on a permanent basis at their site in Liverpool.

As Senior Assay Scientist, you will be involved developing and maintaining an extensive portfolio of bioanalytical assays across a range of therapeutic areas for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors.

Reporting to the Laboratory Director, working as Senior Assay Scientist your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing professional, scientific and technical support to laboratory team.
• Liaising with the Laboratory Director, lead on identifying and developing new assays, products and services.
• Preparation of research and scientific documentation in support of assay development, system and service validations and process changes.
• Providing specialist and scientific knowledge and expertise to the clinical trials team in developing the company’s clinical trial capabilities and performance.
• Liaising with Laboratory Manager to ensure the effective management and delivery of clinical trials within the laboratory to specified commercial and contractual specifications.
• Ensuring effective management and operation of laboratory instrumentation, sample processing and reporting and all other general laboratory activities.
• Liaising with Quality Manager, ensure all laboratory staff and systems operate effectively within the Quality Management System.
• Liaising with the Data Manager, ensure the effective management, analysis, control and security of all data generated by or received by the laboratory.
• Contributing to the wider scientific and commercial development of the company through the Group Scientific Committee and specified project work.

The ideal candidate for this Senior Assay Scientist role will be educated to degree level or equivalent, or higher in a Pharmaceutical or Biomedical subject and have postgraduate bioanalytical and scientific laboratory experience. A strong track record in developing new bioanalytical assays (LCMS) from first principles to implementation is also required. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

How to apply:

For more information, or to apply for this Senior Assay Scientist role, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email probertson@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote refernce SH19195 in all correspondence.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

As Senior Process Technologist your role will involve:

• The introduction of new products
• Prioritising plant preparation and start up activities
• The allocation of tasks to members of the production team
• Accountability for the introduction of new and existing products
• Acting as a focal point for process performance issues

This Senior Process Technologist role also involves managing a small team of document technicians and manufacturing scientists ensuring all documents are compliant with company standards and laboratory scale process development and scale up activities during early stages of technical transfer.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exceptional company which offers innovative solutions at the cutting edge of research.

To be considered for this Senior Process Technologist role you must have a proven background in a similar role and be of graduate calibre.

How to Apply

For more information or to apply for this Senior Process Technologist role, please contact Heather Deagle at hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Please use reference number DH19448 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client is currently looking for a European Technical Sales Specialist to join their team. This European Technical Sales Specialist job is a technical sales role, in which you will be responsible for providing field technical and application sales support within sections of mainland Europe with higher than average market potential (Benelux / Switzerland / Austria / Southern Germany).

Working closely with the European Sales Director, as European Technical Sales Specialist, you will manage large client accounts and support local sales teams to develop a niche market with fewer but larger clients.

The ideal candidate for this European Technical Sales Specialist role will be degree qualified (or equivalent) and will have experience of working in a laboratory with technical instrumentation. Previous Key Account Management experience is also essential and experience of working in a similar role covering vaccine producers, small biotech, blood banks etc would be advantageous. You will also have research laboratory applications experience and previous successful experience in developing customer relations. It is essential that you have a willingness to travel extensively to accomplish assigned objectives (60% or greater) and the ability to speak French and or German and or Italian would be a distinct advantage.

We are looking for people either based in or willing to relocate to Benelux, Brussels or South Germany primarily or people based in or willing to relocate to Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria or Southern Europe generally.

How to Apply

To find out more about this European Technical Sales Specialist role, contact Jason Johal on 01438 723 500 or email jjohal@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST19401 in all correspondence.

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If you do not hear back from us within 5 working days of your application for this role, it means that on this occasion you have not been shortlisted for the next stage of the recruitment campaign. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, a major biotechnology company based in the Central Belt of Scotland is looking for a Protein Scientist to work on a temporary contract initially for 6 months.

As a Protein Scientist, you will join a busy team working on scale-up and GMP manufacture of protein conjugates. You will synthesise protein conjugates and develop purification protocoal, using HPLC based techniques for characterisation. You will also participate in writing process instruction sheets for manufacturing, validating processes and equipment and in technical support of manufacturing activities.

The successful candidate for this Protein Scientist role will have a good understanding of general protein handling techniques, together with an appropriate qualification in Biochemistry or similar. Entitlement to work in the UK is also essential.

To hear more about this Protein Scientist role, please contact Heather Deagle on 0191 3848905 or email hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk, quoting reference DH19312 in all correspondence. If you do not hear back from us within 5 working days of your application for this role, it means that on this occasion you have not been shortlisted for the next stage of the recruitment campaign.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieveyour career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

Our client, a global company that provide development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, is currently looking for an Analytical Development Scientist to join their team based in Swindon, UK. We are currently handling both contract and permanent Analytical Development Scientist roles for this company.

Working with their Solid Dose and Sterile teams, you will support the formulation, development and process development groups in the completion of the company’s development activities.

Suitable candidates for this Analytical Development Scientist job will have previous experience working with raw materials and finished products as well as experience of wet chemistry, HPLC, GC, UV, LC, DSC and TGA. Experience of working to GMP is also essential. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidates to develop their career with an innovative and entrepreneurial organization.

If you would like to hear more about this Analytical Development Scientist role, please contact Lucy Campbell on 01438 723 500 or email lcampbell@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference ST19332 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team of specialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.

CK Science help recruit well informed, qualified and motivated candidates for permanent and contract positions across the UK and Europe. CK Science is trusted and respected by our clients, who appreciate our professionalism, integrity and commitment to finding the right person for the job.

In order to maintain this excellent level of service, CK Science have appointed a new Recruitment Professional, Victoria Walker, to join their team.  Speaking of Victoria’s arrival to the team, Russell Oakley, Manager at CK Science, stated, ‘We are really pleased to have Victoria joining the recruitment team here in Chesterfield.  With an MSc in Chemistry and experience of the recruitment industry Victoria is ideally qualified to take control of permanent recruitment for the chemicals, waste, environmental and analytical testing sectors.  We are looking forward to implementing her skills and experience in order to grow the sector further through 2010.’

If you would like CK Science to help you with your recruitment needs within the chemical, waste, environmental and analytical testing sectors, please call 0114 283 9956.

Reporting to the Laboratory Director, this Senior Assay Scientist job will involve developing and maintaining an extensive portfolio of bio-analytical assays across a range of therapeutic areas for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors.

Further responsibilities of this Scientist role will include:

• Providing professional, scientific and technical support to laboratory team.
• Acting as the primary lead in developing an extensive portfolio of bioanalytical assays, mainly in small molecules, across a range of therapeutic areas for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors for clinical trials and routine service testing to the healthcare sector.
• Preparation of research and scientific documentation in support of assay development, system and service validations and process changes.
• Providing specialist and scientific knowledge and expertise to the clinical trials team in developing the company’s clinical trial capabilities and performance.
• Liaising with Laboratory Manager to ensure the effective management and delivery of clinical trials within the laboratory to specified commercial and contractual specifications.
• Liaising with Quality Manager, ensure all laboratory staff and systems operate effectively within the Quality Management System.
• Liaising with the Data Manager, ensure the effective management, analysis, control and security of all data generated by or received by the laboratory.

The ideal candidate for this Senior Assay Scientist role will be educated to MSc, or equivalent, in the pharmaceutical, biomedical or life science sectors. Postgraduate bioanalytical and scientific laboratory experience is also desirable, preferably gained within a pharmaceutical, diagnostics or public sector laboratory environment. In addition, a strong track record of achievement in the development of new bioanalytical assays from first principles to implementation within a clinical trial or routine healthcare testing environment is also desirable.

If you would like to hear more about this Senior Assay Scientist job, please contact Philippa Robertson on 0114 2839956 or email. Please quote reference SH19195 in all correspondence.

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About CK Science

CK Science is the largest independent scientific recruitment company in the UK. Our team ofspecialist recruiters are here to help you achieve your career ambitions within the scientific industry. We actively offer you careers advice, help with writing your CV, assistance with interview preparation and up-to-date information about the industry. We pride ourselves on providing an honest, straight-forward and trustworthy service to both our clients and candidates.