Research Assistant-Immuno Oncology

Job Description

Orion’s Immuno-Oncology (IO) research team is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated in vitro assistant to join the IO team in Turku, Finland. The employment contract is a fixed term contract for 3 years.

About Your Role

In this role you will provide technical support to IO team scientist. In addition, you have a unique opportunity to contribute to a range of treatment modalities ranging from small molecules, bispecific antibodies and CAR T cells.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Culture of both primary and established mammalian cells
• Support immunology scientist with in vitro and ex vivo cell based assays
• Process blood samples by adhering to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Analysis of samples employing specific techniques such as flow cytometry, cell sorting, qRT-PCR, western blotting, multiplexELISA and incucyte assays.
• Assist in establishing and improving all procedures and required SOP documentation.
• Maintain high standards of recordkeeping, housekeeping and participate in routine laboratory decontamination
• Maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Ordering laboratory consumables and maintain stock levels.
  
  

What We Offer

At Orion, your work creates true impact and well-being for our customers, patients and society at large. Our culture of friendliness, respect, mutual appreciation and diversity creates a safe working environment where you can strive for excellence. We offer a wealth of career paths and development opportunities that support the development of innovative solutions and improving the quality of life.

Please visit our website to find further information about our values and Orion as an employer https://www.orion.fi/en/careers/orion-as-an-employer/ .

Our expectations

In our team, we value individuals who are not afraid to take on responsibilities and who genuinely enjoy helping others. Accuracy and persistence in your work are essential. Strong communication and writing skills in English are necessary, and you should be able to collaborate effectively with others. We hope you are enthusiastic about taking on new tasks and continuously developing yourself.

Essential Competences, Education And Way Of Working

• An applicable university level degree
• Around two years of relevant laboratory experience working with human primary immune cells
• Experience working with primary immune cells and performing laboratory based cellular assays is a must
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Basic IT skills, preferably experience with Microsoft Office, Graph Pad Prism, Diva, and Flowjo
• Flow cytometry and multiplex ELISA experience are advantage
• Industry experience is an advantage, but not a requirement
  
  

How To Apply And Additional Information

Please send your application and CV in English by 2 nd of Marchat the latest.

For further information, please contact Dr Anil Thotakura, Head of Immuno-Oncology, [email protected]

Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment.

Approved medical examination which also includes drug testing is required prior to the employment.

Unit Description

Orion’s pharmaceutical innovations are created within its R&D organization. We employ around 400 top professionals in the field of drug discovery and development. We work globally: in Espoo and Turku in Finland, in Nottingham in England and in New York, NY, USA. Orion R&D and the Innovative Medicines business division are dedicated to making a transformation to become a global player in the pain and oncology therapy areas.

Immuno-Oncology (IO) is one of the three Research teams in Orion’s Oncology R&D. IO team is accountable for novel drug discovery projects, identification of unmet need, identification & experimental validation of potential IO drug targets within state-of-the-art laboratories and tech­no­lo­gies.

About Us

Orion is a globally operating Finnish pharmaceutical company – a builder of well-being for over a hundred years.

Orion provides meaningful work for more than 3 600 Orionees in Finland and abroad. Orion is known as a responsible and reliable employer where we value each other, strive for the best and build for tomorrow.

We develop, manufacture and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Orion has an extensive portfolio of proprietary and generic medicines and consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases and respiratory diseases, among others.