Job Description
Primary Requirements
Understanding of immuno-assays including antibody capture, detection with conjugates, standardisation, dilution, substrates.
Experience running SDS PAGE and Western blots.
Bioassay experience, in particular cytotoxicity/bioassay methods.
Experience and understanding of chromatography and related analytical techniques, in particular data analysis of multi-angle light scattering output.
Practical experience of conjugation methods including use of hetero-bifunctional cross linkers.
An ability to research, adapt and apply outline methods from textbooks or scientific papers as required for their work.
Practical experience of handling customer technical enquiries.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate and gain cooperation across a wide range of departments and grades.
Excellent bench skills.
Secondary requirements
Understanding of production and quality processes and a quality management system such as ISO 9000(quality management)13485(medical devices) 17025(testing and calibration).
Understanding and managing stability work, including application to international standards for diagnostic and related product areas.
Familiar with Microsoft office applications, Cytiva Unicorn, Wyatt Vision Run and Astra and related instrumentation.
An appreciation of curve fitting, blanking and related data reduction.
Excellent record keeping and organisational skills.
Ability to formally present information to others.
Understanding precision and accuracy and their effects on the analytical process.
Experience writing SOPs for themselves and others to use.
Experience of molecular biology, biochemistry analytical techniques.
Experience of facing customers to provide advice and trouble-shooting information.
Qualifications
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Degree in appropriate area plus 2 years minimum experience.
Preference given to candidate with relevant experience, understanding and personality over formal qualifications.
Top Skills
What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.
LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.
LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community.
LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
