Heather Deagle at CK Science is currently recruiting for several Analytical Chemist’s (more senior roles available too) to join a major biotechnology company at their site in the North East of England. These roles will be on a temporary contract for initially 6-12 months with a strong possibility of becoming permanent.
Skills required:
The ideal candidate for this Analytical Chemist role will have proven experience in working in an analytical laboratory type role involving method qualification or validation, release testing of drug substances or stability testing.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate for this Analytical Chemist role ideally will be qualified to Degree level or similar in a relevant scientific discipline and have some experience gained with in a GMP setting.
For more information or to apply for this Analytical Chemist role please contact Heather Deagle at CK Science on 0191 384 8905 or email hdeagle@cksicience.co.uk. Please quote reference DH23844 in all correspondence.
Heather Deagle presents this week’s Job of the Week – a Temporary Microbiology Analyst job in Teesside. To find out more, please watch Heather’s short video below and read the job description.
Microbiology Analyst Job Description
This Microbiologist Analyst is initially a six month contract which is covering maternity leave.
As Microbiology Analyst you will be working to strict cGMP and will be responsible for:
The performance environmental monitoring of the clean room facilities on site
The sampling and analysis of the quality water systems
Ensuring that media and reagents are tested and approved within required timelines
To be considered for this Microbiology Analyst position, you will have a degree, HNC or similar in a microbiology or life science based subject with proven experience ingram stain, biochemical identification, endotoxin testing and environmental monitoring.
Alternatively, please contact Heather Deagle at CK Science on 0191 384 8905 or email hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference DH23419 in all correspondence.
As reported byScientist Live, microbiologists at the University of Aberdeen have shed new light on the understanding of how ammonia-based fertilisers are inactivated by microorganisms in soil.
Billions of pounds are spent annually on nitrogen fertilisers to support crop production to feed the world’s population. Ammonia-oxidising’ microbes rapidly convert ammonia to nitrate, which is washed out of the soil before it reaches crops for which it is intended. This leads to losses to farmers estimated at over $15 billion per year and nitrate-polluted drinking water.
Over the past hundred years, all strains cultivated have only grown in standard laboratory conditions at higher, neutral pH, and not in acidic conditions.
Research performed at the University of Aberdeen has identified a novel organism which performs the process of ammonia oxidation in acidic conditions, and has also demonstrated that this organism is abundant and globally distributed in acidic soils.
A large part of this work involved the analysis of soils from the Scottish Agricultural College’s Craibstone Estate outside Aberdeen, to recognise the importance of the site from which the organisms were obtained, and the university at which the microbe was first cultivated, the new organism has been named Nitrosotalea devanaterra, which means an ammonia-oxidising ‘rod’ from soil in Aberdeen, incorporating Devana, the Roman name for Aberdeen. It is part of the Domain of microbes known as Archaea.
The research team has now been awarded a £0.5 million, 3.5-year research grant by the Natural Environment Research Council to investigate the highly unusual physiology of Nitrosotalea devanaterra and to find out more about its potential role in the loss of ammonia-based fertilisers and nitrous oxide gas emissions from soil!
Heather Deagle is currently recruiting for a Microbiology Analyst to join a largepharmaceutical company to work on an initially temporary six month contract covering maternity leave.
Responsibilities:
As a Microbiology Analyst working to strict cGMP, the successful candidate will be responsible for:
Performing and environmental monitoring of the clean room facilities on site
Sampling and analysis of the quality water systems
Ensuring that media and reagents are tested and approved within required timelines.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for this Microbiology Analyst role will have a degree, HNC or similar in a microbiology or life science based subject with proven experience of ingram stain, biochemical identification, endotoxin testing and environmental monitoring.
How to apply:
For more information or to apply for this Microbiology Analyst role please contact Heather Deagle on 0191 384 8905 or email hdeagle@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference DH23419 in all correspondence.
Naynesh Mistry is looking for a Microbiology Analyst to join a global manufacturer of pharmaceutical and veterinary medicine products company based in Merseyside
Description of the role:
The successful candidate for this Microbiology Analyst role will have a clear understanding of and the ability to work within, strict cGMP guidelines in a busy pharmaceutical Quality Control Lab and will be experienced in the following:
Analysis of bio burden and endotoxin present in water, steam and products (powder and aqueous)
Identification of microorganisms using standard identification techniques eg Vitek and API
Environmental monitoring of ISO Class 8 and 9 Cleanrooms
Growth and maintenance of microbiological cultures
Preparation and sterilisation of microbiological media
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
Qualification:
The ideal candidate for this Microbiology Analyst role should hold an honours degree in Microbiology (2:1 or above, or Equivalent) and have strong proven industrial experience gained in a GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. They should also have experience of Smartlab
How to apply:
For more information or to apply for this Microbiology Analyst role please contact Naynesh Mistry on 0114 2839956 or email nmistry@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference SH23118 in all correspondence.
Hannah Milward is currently recruiting for a Microbiologist to join a life sciences company at their site in the West Midlands.
The company:
The company are looking to recruit a Microbiologist for an initial duration of 3 months, they operate internationally, to provide a comprehensive range of analytical support services drawing on the latest developments in biotechnology. The Group specialises in delivering analytical testing services to clients from a wide range of industries including the pharmaceutical, food and environmental sectors.
The role:
This Microbiologist role will involve laboratory support and testing of samples.
Skills required:
The ideal candidate for this Microbiologist role will have a background in science ideally microbiology. They will also have knowledge of ISO & UKAS as well.
How to apply:
For more information or to apply for this Microbiologist role please contact Hannah Milward on 0114 2839956 or email hmilward@ckscience.co.uk. Please quote reference SH23088 in all correspondence.
CK Science, the leading specialist scientific recruitment consultancy, will be sponsoring a charity climb up Kilimanjaro.
The climb has been organised to raise money and awareness for children’s hospice, Hope House in Oswestry. It takes over £4million each year to run the hospice and they are currently caring for over 320 terminally ill children and their families. This doesn’t just include the physical, psychological and spiritual care for the children affected, but also bereavement support, in all its forms, for the siblings and other family members left behind. Hope House also offers bereavement services to the larger community, helping a wide number of children over an extremely traumatic time in their lives. At this time 93 families are receiving post bereavement support.
Hope House currently received only £300,000 of funding from the government each year and the other £3,700,000 is raised by events such as this.
It is hoped that the Kilimanjaro climb will raise a minimum of £4,000. This money will go a small way to help the staff of Hope House ease the final days of terminally ill children.
If you would like to make a donation, please go to www.justgiving.com and search under TRUDY KEDDIE.
The world-class pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is set to spend £500 million on a new state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant and on improving its facility in Ware, Hertfordshire. The move comes after a pre-Budget report reduced the rate of Corporation Tax on 10pc on income arising from UK patents.
It seems that over the past few months, GSK and the drug industry have been in talks with the government about the proposal, which has been labeled a “patent box”. Speaking of the ‘patent box’, Andrew Witty, chief executive of GSK, said: “The patent box is exactly the sort of active, long-term and creative support that we need from the Government to ensure that the UK remains an attractive place for highly skilled sectors such as pharmaceuticals. For GSK, assuming the new regime will apply to patents currently under development it will have the immediate impact of making the UK a priority area for future investments, particularly in manufacturing.”
There is much speculation regarding the location of the biopharma site, but Stevenage, Ulverston and Barnard Castle, where the company has existing sites, are all in the running. Products that could be developed there include Arzerra, for leukaemia, and Syncria, for type 2 diabetes.
This investment is GSK’s largest in the UK for at least a decade and highlights the impact that the new tax regime could have on companies investing in research and development. To read more about this story, please visit the Telegraph website.
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CK Science, the leading scientific recruitment agency, are proud to unveil our new look website: http://ckscience.co.uk.
Speaking of the launch of the new CK Science website, Ashley Kirk, Director, stated, ‘We are really excited about the launch of our new website. We are confident the site will ensure that CK Science continue to find the best people for each and every scientific vacancy we handle.’
The website has been redesigned with the aim of helping our candidates to get the perfect science job for them. The new site provides jobseekers in the scientific industry with improved usability, enabling you to search and apply for jobs in the industry easily and quickly. To search for jobs, click here. If you are actively looking for a job in science, you will find many handy hints on our new website to help you along the way, including CV writing tips, interview tips and preparation.
As well as an improved user experience for jobseekers, our new and improved site will also prove to be a useful resource for clients and employers within the scientific industry. The site provides you with comprehensive information about the recruitment services we provide. You will also find valuable advice covering the following topics: interview advice, writing a job description, writing a person specification.
Catherine Gutsell, Digital Marketing Officer at CK Science, stated, ‘Our new website both complements and strengthens our digital and social media strategy. It is designed to help us build long-term relationships with both clients and candidates by actively engaging them with useful and valuable content.’
We hope you find our new site useful, and, if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at cgutsell@ckscience.co.uk
Here at CK Science we like to build long-term sustainable relationships with our candidates who are searching for science jobs. In order to achieve this, we educate and inform jobseekers by actively utilizing business networking sites such as Linkedin and Xing, with the aim of helping our candidates find that perfect science job for them.
In order to facilitate this, we have recently created groups on both Linkedin and Xing which are designed to provide help and support for those who are job hunting in the scientific industry. These groups are intended to be used as an open forum for group members to exchange their experiences of job hunting within the scientific industry with each other.
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