- Job area
- Research & Development
- Activity
- Other
- Location
- Loos, France
- Contract type
- Fix term contract
- Experience
- 1 to 3 years
Contribute to an exciting mission
What will your daily life look like?
We seek a talented and enthusiastic technician for a fixed term contract (until the end of 2021) in our R&D In vitro Platform, which has expertize within gut health and evaluates new concepts and probiotic products for Human and Animal Health& Nutrition.
The R&D In vitro Platform uses state-of-the-art in vitro gut simulators (TIM1 and SHIME) and mammalian cell line models, and performs in vitro analysis of (next generation) pre-, pro-, post- and synbiotics using different techniques such as FACS, TEER, ELISA and qPCR- based gene expression.
MISSIONS:
As a Technician, your primary function is the execution of methods and assisting the team with the excellent day-to-day management of the labs.
You will:
– provide technical assistance in performing experiments with in vitro models simulating the gastrointestinal tract of various hosts (e.g. human, monogastric animals)
– perform in vitro survival studies of bacteria, yeasts/fungi and phages under gut conditions
– culture probiotics (e.g. spore formers, lactic acid bacteria, yeasts/fungi) and strict anaerobes
– assess the gene expression of both host and microbial genes
– prepare samples for analyses by internal and external partner laboratories
– organize and keep track of experimental data, sample inventories, and supplies
– responsibilities with the daily run of the laboratory
Make a personal impact
That makes you the ideal candidate
Requirements:
– higher education in Microbiology/ Biotechnology with a minimum 3 years lab experience in the industry
– hands-on experience in a variety of general microbiology, gut microbiology, biochemistry and molecular techniques/technologies.
– knowledge of routine laboratory practices and safety regulations (e.g., BLS 2 biosafety, etc.)
Language skills: Fluent in French and has already the ability to efficiently communicate in English on a daily basis (oral, written, document interpretation and presentation).
As we are a newly established team, where there are always many tasks going on, it's important that you are ambitious, independent, self-motivated, eager to learn new techniques, take on new tasks, and are driven by generating novel and valuable data. You work systematically and structured while keeping yourself in perspective in busy situations and contributing to a common overview of the team. It is also important to us that you are team player.
Let’s take on tomorrow’s challenges together
A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a 2,2 billion euro turnover, and established on all continents, counts 10,700 employees and more than 85 nationalities. On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.
To nourish 10 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.
Lesaffre – Working together to better nourish and protect the planet