(Senior) Scientist - Molecular Biology, 12 months contract (client-dedicated)

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.

Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is a unique partnership that allows our customers to use 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.

This role will work fully on-site with our client in Rixensart, Belgium.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will support preclinical projects in molecular biology. As a Scientist / Sr Scientist you will be responsible for

• Support the generation of recombinant bacterial strains and sequencing of isolates from human samples
• Organise and conducting laboratory experiments for gene cloning and vector design, expression and production optimization, transformation of bacterial host and selection/verification of recombinant strains
• Process Clinical samples to extract RNA/DNA for sequencing
• Perform lab experiments aimed at high-throughput sequencing using next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms.
• Generation of raw sequencing data and then analyse this data
• Recording of data in electronic laboratory notebook
• Reporting of scientific data associated to laboratory experiments
• Participate in weekly laboratory meetings

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bio-engineering
• Relevant experience planning and conducting laboratory experiments.
• Proven experience with molecular biology laboratory techniques: bacteriology, cloning, PCR, qPCR, mutagenesis, sequencing, DNA extraction and preparation.
• Knowledge and experience with next generation sequencing (NGS) is beneficial
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Fluency in English and French languages (oral and writing) is essential
• Result-oriented, rigorous and structured.
• Dynamic, positive, and curious. Open to change with the ability to adapt to workplace changes

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.