Junior Scientist

At **Univercells**, we are on a mission to make health equally accessible to all. Through the combination of process development and engineering expertise, we create synergies to deliver game-changing production capacities to achieve our mission: biologics for all

At **Quantoom **Biosciences**, Univercells’ latest affiliate, we are on a mission to remove the barriers to making mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics, at every stage from sequence up to mass production. We give our partners greater access to drug development and production autonomy through technical and business model innovation. We work every day to reinvent biomanufacturing processes and develop or integrate the next innovative technologies.

You will join an interdisciplinary team of passionate scientists, engineers, clinicians and corporate profiles committed to solving some of the biggest DNA and RNA production challenges facing vaccines and therapeutics. **Quantoom Biosciences** has two facilities; the headquarters are based in Nívelles (Belgium), and the France Research Center focusing on offering an end-to-end DNA production platform based in Evry (France). This position is based in in Nívelles (Belgium), you will join a collaborative team full of passionate change-makers.

**MISSION**:
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Process Development:

- Management of lab and equipment used for operational work.
- Monitoring and management of stocks of consumables and reagents specific to the projects.
- Maintenance of a clean and safe working area by following established housekeeping and safety routines.
- Execution of all operations associated with process development steps including:

- Preparation of buffers and reagents for xRNA production
- Preparation of the DNA template
- Production of xRNA based products.
- Execute Basic analytics (Agarose gel electrophoresis, absorbance 260 nm, capillary electrophoresis, xRNA quantification).

Reporting:

- Writing and management of documentation related to experiments.
- Data and results collection and record in defined forms with accuracy.
- Results analysis and experimental report writing.

Quality:

- Adherence to standard operating procedures in all the operational tasks executed.
- Correct use and implementation of quality management system within the field of activities (procedures/checklist/working instructions, etc.).
- Identification and reporting of deviations from standard operating procedures and of unexpected events through initiation of related investigations.
- Support of corrective and preventive actions related to deviations and unexpected events.
- Contribution to general lab activities (housekeeping and maintenance).
- Generation of process quality documentation (procedures, work instructions, templates, etc.).

**REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Biomedical Sciences
- Experience in Molecular Biology.
- Integrity and transparency.
- Strong sense of observation, inventive & critical mindset, scientific curiosity and problem-solving skills.
- Proactivity, flexibility, work organizational skills.
- Enthusiasm and agility to work on a variety of projects.
- Capability to leverage know-how in order to participate in the development of the new generation solutions.
- Capability to work in a cross-functional and multi-cultural team
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)