Scientist in Vivo

Job description
Are you an experienced scientist ready to apply your skills in a diverse and dynamic organization? If you can envision providing scientific expertise in a role that can impact patients’ lives – join us now!
At AstraZeneca, we believe in the potential of our people, and you’ll develop beyond what you thought possible. We make the most of your skills and passion by actively supporting you to see what you can achieve no matter where you start with us.
We are now looking to recruit an In Vivo Scientist with excellent laboratory skills and a drive for innovation to join the Bioscience in vivo department within the Early Respiratory and Immunology (eR&I) R&D unit located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Respiratory and immunology are two of AstraZeneca’s main therapy areas. From a research perspective we work to understand, treat, modify, and ultimately cure respiratory disease with an emphasis on four respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical need: asthma, COPD, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and Chronic Cough. In addition, we also focus on immunology-driven disease areas including rheumatology, dermatology, gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases driven by eosinophilic immune dysfunction.
The successful candidate will join a highly motivated team that works closely together with other departments focusing on target identification, drug formulation, translational science, in vitro assay development and drug metabolism/pharmacokinetics to support discovery projects and to drive exciting new research. Are you ready to join us?
This is a consultant assignment with Randstad Life Sciences starting in January. Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many social activities.

Responsibilities
As a vital member of our in vivo team, you will contribute to progress our drug discovery projects. Your role will be mainly lab-based in which you will be actively involved and responsible to coordinate, perform and analyze in vivo studies. While we expect you to be independent, we are also looking for someone that thrives in a team setting and contributes to the success of others.
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering groundbreaking methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.
So, what’s next!
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
Deadline 2024-11-29 - the selection process and interviews will be ongoing, so please apply as soon as possible!
For more information: Please contact Malin Fridholm, malin.fridholm@randstad.se. Please note that applications sent through email will not be processed and deleted due to GDPR.

Qualifications
Essential for the role:
B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in relevant subjects or equivalent level of understanding developed through experience in drug discovery or early development.
Excellent technical and experimental In vivo experience and skills, including rodent handling, drug administration and collection of biological samples. Ability to coordinate and perform respiratory disease and mechanistic models.
Valid certificates to work with live animals in Sweden.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
Maintain the highest standards of animal welfare and ethical compliance and ensure integrity of generated data. Familiar with using Good Statistical Practice in animal research and applying the 3R’s (reduction, refinement, and replacement) across the full range of studies.
Good generic computer proficiency including Microsoft Office.

Desirable for the role:
Experience in basic cellular and molecular biology techniques (e.g. ELISA, western blot, FACS, Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) technology platform), and gene expression analyses (qPCR)).
Ability to interpret and analyze generated data.
Be respectful, communicate openly and show effective collaborative behavior to obtain high quality study results.
Good written and oral communication skills in Swedish and experience in writing ethical applications for animal work in Sweden.
Excellent organization skills.
Ability to incorporate the views of others in your communication.
Good understanding of pharmacology, physiology, immunology, respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma, cough, IPF) and PKPD relationships.
Scientist, Early R&I Research and Early Development, Bioscience In Vivo


About the company

Randstad
At Randstad, we see the possible in people. With business all over Sweden and in all areas of expertise, we help people find work that feels good, where they get the opportunity to develop and realize their true potential.

With close to 600 000 employees in 38 countries, Randstad is the global leader in the HR services industry. Our mission is to become the world’s most valued working life partner. By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s technology, we support people and organizations in realizing their true potential. We call it Human Forward.