Molecular Biology/NGS scientist to AstraZeneca!

We seek a talented and highly engaged Molecular Biology/NGS scientist to join our team at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg!

Are you an Molecular Biologist with experienced in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)? Do you wish to apply this knowledge in a role that is connected to our wider mission to show what science can do? If yes, we might have the role for you! AstraZeneca in Gothenburg is now looking for Molecular a Biology/NGS scientist to join the Disease Molecular Profiling - NGS & Transcriptomics team. You will contribute with applying molecular biology and NGS expertise to our drug discovery portfolio and working on cutting edge technologies within the field.

Purpose, Offer and Benefits

At AstraZeneca, we are proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

Your Responsibilities

What you will do:

• Delivering according to plans over agreed timelines such that the objectives of the project are met, including delivery of more than one agreed area of work in parallel where appropriate.
• To be an effective member of Drug Discovery Project Teams, contributing novel ideas and using judgment and knowledge where appropriate to influence the work of the project.
• Working in partnership with colleagues in Discovery Sciences and across therapy areas and sites to ensure the delivery of high quality sequencing data to projects.
• Proposing experimental strategies, troubleshooting and contributing to the practical delivery of NGS projects.
  
  

Extensive hands on NGS experimental techniques including:

• Bi-weekly coordinated Amplicon-seq
• RNA preparation.
• DNA isolation and fragmentation.
• Fragment analysis and nucleic acid Q.C.
• Library preparation of various protocols.
• Operation of NGS instrumentation.
• Processing, handling and movement of large sets of data.
• Using Automation to process samples for NGS library preparation.
• Significant molecular biology skills, including PCR, analysis and Q.C

The Bigger Picture

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world´s most serious diseases.

This position is a 6 months consulting assignment and will be placed at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg. The start date will be 2023-01-09 or as close as possible after.

You will be employed by TNG during your consulting assignment.

Please note that the selection process is ongoing!

Our Expectations

Essential for the role:

• MSc/PhD degree with significant molecular biology relevant experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Experience of wet-lab work of various NGS library prep methods (eg. Amp-seq & RNA-seq).
• A practical understanding of a wide range of methods and technologies as applied to cellular engineering. For example, mammalian cell growth, Precise genome editing.
• Measuring off-target effects of precise genome edited cells.
• Good problem solving skills, good scientific judgement and communication skills.
• Excellent team working and networking skills with effective interaction across teams.

Desirable for the role if you have experience of tissue dissection, single cell dissociation, microscopy, flow cytometry/FACS and/or Hands-on laboratory experience running NGS platforms (Illumina, Oxford Nanopore etc).