Senior Research Associate (Lab. Technician)

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Novozymes er verdens førende leverandør af industrielle enzymer og mikroorganismer. Sammen med vores kunder, samarbejdspartnere og det globale samfund bruger vi vores innovative tænkning og passion for videnskab til at fremme industrier og gøre hverdagsprodukter mere bæredygtige til gavn for hele verden. Vores biologiske løsninger muliggør højere landbrugsudbytter, sunde fødevarer, vask ved lavtemperaturer, energieffektiv produktion, vedvarende brændstof og mange andre biologiske løsninger, som verden kan drage fordel af – både nu og i fremtiden. Vi har brug for mennesker, der har lyst til at prøve nye ting, som motiveres af udfordringer, og som ikke er bange for at fejle, men derimod drevet til at prøve igen. Og igen. Vi ved, at original tænkning opstår, når der er fleksibilitet til at fokusere og frihed til at udfolde vores individuelle styrker fuldt ud. Dette er nøglen til vores innovationskraft. Vi kalder det Rethink Tomorrow.

Join us as our new (senior) Research associate for Lab Automation and Analytics- 2-year temporary position

Are you ready for a role that lets you use both your scientific and communication skills? Do you have a passion for biotechnology and laboratory automation and want to help in the development of biological solutions for a more sustainable world? If so, you could be our next colleague in Production Strain Automation & Analytics. As a Lab automation and analytics research associate, you will participate in designing, implementing, and executing automated methods for construction, screening, and analysis of Production strains.

Welcome to Production Strain Technology-Enzyme Research, Denmark

In Enzyme Research, Denmark we use classical industrial microbes and develop new ones to bring Biological Solutions to some of our customers' toughest problems in biofuels, agriculture, food & beverage, and beyond. Production Strain Technology (PST) uses state of the art genetic engineering and fermentation technologies to deliver high performing organisms. You will join the department PS automation and analytics, one of the 4 departments within PST, where we deploy technologies for designing, building, testing & understanding the performance of bacterial and fungal production organisms at low, medium, and high throughputs. Furthermore, in PST, we work in agile teams collaborating across disciplines within molecular biology, enzyme assays, automation, and small-scale fermentation.

In this role you’ll make an impact by being part of a team involved in:

• Developing & executing automated strain construction, cultivation and assay protocols for high-throughput construction and screening of fungal recombinant strains.
  
  
• Supporting actively the development of automated methods and their implementation to screen for high performance filamentous fungi strains.
  
  
• Keeping our fleet of liquid handlers and other laboratory robotics maintained and troubleshooting problems.
  
  
• Using laboratory data information systems (e.g. Benchling or others) to capture and track lab processes and experimental data
  
  
• Using and writing methods for automated capture, processing, and analysis of laboratory datasets.
  
  
• Work within an agile team to support multiple research projects.
  
  
• Connect with and co-develop methods with other Novozymes lab automation experts around the globe and share best practices.
  
  
• Ensure timely delivery of results to internal or external customers.
  
  

To succeed in this position, you preferably:

• hold an education as research associate (laborant), or a relevant BSc-level education.
  
  
• have experience with automated screening technology such as enzymatic assay as well as molecular biology experience with preferably filamentous fungi.
  
  
• have experience with working with automated liquid handlers– preferably Hamilton liquid handler (Venus software).
  
  
• can work in a team as well as independently, with a high degree of transparency.
  
  
• Are Comfortable with working in a multi-cultural environment where English is our common language.
  
  

Location:

This job will be located at (Primaly Bagsværd, optional Lyngby)

Application deadline:19th January 2024

Contact details: Dominique Skovlund, [email protected]

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