Associate Research Scientist - Stem Cell

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to leverage the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits.

Key responsibilities:

• Culture recombinant, primary human progenitors, stem cells and/or 2D/3D organoids
• Aseptic Technique is a must have
• Completes experiments in a reliable, consistent manner
• Demonstrates high level of attention to details
• Performs initial analysis of experimental data and interprets immediate experimental outcomes
• Records experiments and results in laboratory notebooks (including all electronic systems) in accordance with lab procedures
• Recognizes problems and suggests experiments to troubleshoot issues
• Execute on new ideas to improve workflows, consistency and efficiency of the cell culture processes
• Clearly and effectively communicates (both written and verbal) results
• Leverages technical experience to help prioritize studies, based on Project impact
• Performs basic statistical analysis of experimental data, where appropriate
• Conducts own experimental troubleshooting on routine problems
• Assists with publication and patent submission processes
• Surveys relevant scientific literature to maintain awareness of issues and trends within the field
• Present studies effectively at internal Group/Department or Project Team research meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in lab sciences such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science, Immunology, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
• ARS: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 6+years’)
• OR Masters degree and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 4+ years’)
• OR PhD and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable 2+ years’)

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven technical proficiency and demonstrated skill in conducting and interpreting experiments including the development of human stem cell models and assays to evaluate targets and lead molecules for diseases.
• Aseptic Technique is a must have
• Experience with advanced cell culture techniques to culture human cells
• Uses technical knowledge to design and execute follow-up experiments
• Demonstrated understanding of analysis and interpretation of experimental data with proficient problem solving and protocol refinement
• Experience with advanced cell culture techniques to culture human cells
• Ability and willingness to work rotating weekend shifts according to business needs
• Adaptive to a time-line driven work environment
• Multitasking skills, attention to details and ability to work in a collaborative team environment
• Great interpersonal/teamwork skills and positive attitude
• Often deployed to investigations with more significant cons