Yacht Nederland BV

(Senior) Research Associate Target Discovery (Yacht Life Sciences)

Utrecht
Vast contract, onbepaalde tijd
Fulltime

(Senior) Research Associate Target Discovery (Yacht Life Sciences)Yacht Nederland BV UtrechtNL2021-02-13

Dynamic and innovative environment. Every employee is strongly motivated to participate in the development of new medicines which improve patients' lives. The company culture is aimed at innovation and excellence. Employees are passionate and work with determination and respect for each other to achieve our common goals. They work in multi-functional and international teams, in which each employee is stimulated to use his/her talent to contribute to innovation and results.

Jouw verantwoordelijkheden

Yacht Life Sciences has a vacancy for a (Senior) Research Associate Target Discovery.

You will be a member of the Target Discovery Team working on developing therapeutic knock-your-socks-off antibodies. You will be responsible for a broad set of in vitro experiments to identify novel targets for antibody products.

Responsibilities:

You will work in a team of Scientists and Research Associates dedicated to discovering and developing therapeutic antibody products, discovering and validating novel targets.
With your up-to-date knowledge of, and experience with, assays in the field of immunology, tumor biology, cell biology, molecular biology, and protein biochemistry, you are responsible for accurate execution of experiments in assigned research studies.
You document and process the test results, draw conclusions, and report these to the team.
By using state-of-the-art technology, you contribute to the discovery of novel targets for our antibody products
You like to work in a team and as a team.

Jouw profiel

You have a completed BSc or MSc education within immunology or oncology (a PhD degree is considered as overqualified for this role)
>3 years relevant work experience (after graduation) with immunology, cell, and molecular biology
Knowledge of, and/or work experience with cell assays, including isolation of cells from blood, or patient material is a plus
You have experience with flow cytometry, ELISA, and functional cellular assays, and with molecular biology techniques such as PCR, DNA/RNA isolation
You are comfortable with medium-high content/ high throughput techniques
Experience with lentiviral transfection/ transductions/ CRISPR technology
Experience in sample preparation for next-generation sequencing is an advantage.
You have professional business level English language skills, both written and verbal.
You are in possession of a valid work permit for the Netherlands

Ons aanbod

Direct and full-time 1-year contract at our client, which can convert into permanent after 1 year. Salary between 2800 and 4800 euro gross per month, depending on seniority.