Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins Beacon Discovery provides integrated drug discovery support to both pharma and biotech partners. The Beacon team has >20 years of drug discovery experience, moving targets all the way from initial concept to clinical candidate. Assay development, high throughput screening, medicinal and computational chemistry design, cell biology and pharmacology are all performed on-site. Beacon Discovery is searching for a Research Associate to support cell-based assays as part of integrated drug discovery programs. A great opportunity to receive training in new technologies in laboratory automation and enhance skill development working with high-throughput screening (HTS) platforms. The position provides an outstanding opportunity to learn new techniques and develop new skills within a dynamic research team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Culture mammalian cell lines using aseptic techniques and perform cell characterization using cell counting and flow cytometry
• Validate and optimize small scale assays to high-throughput screening (HTS) platform
• Maintain and develop SOPs for new assays
• Develop new cell lines and cell-based assays to support research programs
• Perform cell-based, functional assays, using basic laboratory automation/robotics to guide medicinal chemistry efforts
• Add experimental data to an online database and perform data QC and analysis
• Present experimental data in team meetings
• Read scientific literature and engage with project teams
• Document work clearly and perform tests accurately
• Highly motivated, punctual, works both independently and in a team
• Ability to work with a flexible schedule

• Typically requires 2+ years of related biotech industry experience.
• Cell culture and cell based assay experience required.
• Lab automation experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related discipline.

• Excellent Full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• $31.00- $35.00 hourly