Scientist

Location: Leiden 

Duration: 12 months contract

Hours: 32h- 40h 

On-site way of working     

Imagine your next role as an Assistant Scientist who will actively apply and share technical expertise in biophysical technologies. 

About the department.

Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V. is one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson &Johnson. We are dedicated to bringing life-saving innovation to global health.

Our teams focus on the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of vaccines to protect people worldwide from infectious diseases. With the leading R&D group within the Dutch pharmaceutical industry, we have commercialized several vaccines recently, for example for Ebola and Covid, and are in an outstanding position to develop new vaccines for bacterial and respiratory targets fast. This gives excellent personal development opportunities!

Our department

The Method Development team is a young and dynamic group (26 team members), which is part of Analytical Development (AD), responsible for developing methods to characterize our vaccines.

Together, we use biophysical, biological- and biochemical technologies to assess quantity, potency, purity, and identity characteristics of our products. We have a pivotal role between the regulatory authorities, quality unit, and process development.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an assistant scientist who:

• Actively applies and shares technical expertise in biophysical technologies, such as liquid chromatography, light scattering, and capillary electrophoresis, and molecular technologies, such as qPCR, dPCR or ELISA

• Enjoys working in a multidisciplinary team and contributing to method development up to and including validation activities of the team as a whole.

• Accurately and precisely assists in the design of and performs experiments to optimize our methods.

• Has a structured way of working and performs method maintenance including trending of critical method parameters.

• Takes ownership as the author of standard operating procedures and discussion of findings during sample testing method development and troubleshooting by oral presentations.

To be successful in this role you have:

• a BSc/ MSc degree (or equivalent) in molecular biology, analytical chemistry, or a related field with at least 1-3 years of work experience with techniques like LC, CE, DLS, ELISA, dPCR or qPCR

• a critical attitude and value accuracy in the execution of your work and that of others and will demonstrate strong interpersonal and team-building skills.

benefits

This role offers a competitive hourly rate & a supportive working environment. This contract will run initially for 12 months.

you are welcome here

Janssen is an innovative pharmaceutical company: we work every day on the frontline of health innovation. We can only meet this challenge because of our talented employees. Working at Janssen means that you get every opportunity to optimally develop your career.

about Janssen 

Janssen is the Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson - the world's most comprehensive and broadly-based healthcare Company. At Janssen, we bring together top scientists and researchers to pursue the most promising science and drive collaboration to create visionary medicines and healthcare solutions covering five priority therapeutic areas - Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Immunology, Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, Neuroscience, and Oncology. Contribute to the next pharmaceutical breakthrough with your next project at Janssen. 

https://www.janssen.com

application process

We are looking to process the first round of applications within the next 2 working days.

We do not accept applications via email. 

questions

If you would like some additional information about the role please contact:  katerina.alikaridou@randstadsourceright.nl

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For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo.

We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences.

That is why we in the Netherlands are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are.

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