Senior Research Scientist - Bioscience Renal in vitro

Job description
Senior Research Scientist - Bioscience Renal in vitro

Are you an experienced hands-on in vitro biologist with excellent in vitro experimental skills? Would you like to apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, you will be empowered to be innovative and creative where difference is valued. We thrive in a place where the brightest and most curious minds seamlessly come together in our inclusive environment.

We now offer an exciting opportunity for a talented Senior Research Scientist to join the Bioscience Renal in vitro team within the Early Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM) therapeutic area. The position is placed at AstraZeneca’s vibrant R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Responsibilities
As Senior Scientist at the Bioscience Renal department at AstraZeneca you will be part of a vibrant team that focus on finding new treatment options to patients with renal disease. In the in vitro team we work with various pre-clinical models and different drug modalities. You will take part of both establishing new methods, using a wide array of established analysis in cell culture and advanced 3D models as well as driving new targets. At AstraZeneca, you will work together with experts from different functions and be part of project teams.

What you’ll do:
As a senior research scientist in the Renal in vitro team you will independently design, plan and perform high quality in vitro experiments. You will identify and implement new methods/assays relevant for renal disease area and use a wide array of the latest technologies to analyse biological samples.

Other accountabilities:
Performing conceptual interpretation and presentation of generated data
Acting as Bioscience representative in projects
Delivering data, reports, and regulatory documents


Qualifications
Essential for the role
Experience from in vitro work in molecular biology and other technologies such as western blot and ELISA
Extensive expertise in cell culture related work
Strong oral and written communication skills. English is essential, Swedish is appreciated but is not a requirement

Desirable for the role
PhD in biology, biotechnology, biomedicine, physiology or medicine
Experience from Pharmaceutical industry
Experience in cell imaging
Proven publication record


Application
Deadline: 2022-04-07, selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information:
Please contact Veronika Knudsen veronika.knudsen@randstad.se or Maria del Carmen Leiva Arrabal maria.leiva@randstad.se

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and 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 activities.

Randstad Life Sciences specializes in the field of science and is part of Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!