OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

BioReliance, a global contract service organisation with the European sites based in the central belt of Scotland, is seeking a development student to work within the Development services group for a 10 week placement. The successful student will provide technical assistance for development/assessment of new technologies for detection of impurities, located within our Glasgow facility. This is a fantastic opportunity to work directly with skilled scientific staff and also have exposure to the wider commercial workings of a busy service company.

Job description

Project Description

The successful candidate will work directly with the development team at BioReliance. The company has developed and validated many different HCP methods, however there is updated technology which requires evaluation. The project will provide the candidate with the understanding of existing technologies and the newer updated techniques under assessment. This will be followed by a series of challenges of the performance of these tests. The output of this project will be a level of testing and full documentation of the development and assessment of the updated technologies which will be presented in a format which will be suitable for client and regulatory scrutiny. The candidate will work in a regulated testing environment and will gain skills at a practical laboratory based level and also in the level of documentation needed to performed within such quality systems. The candidate's work will be fully supervised, and they will work with other lab based personnel - it is required to organise time efficiently. The preparation and submission of data to the supervisor in an agreed timeframe will be necessary. Our objective for this role is that the organisation will maintain the ability to support and assess new technologies. The ability to keep up with “state of the art” techniques is a requirement to ensure compliance to the regulatory guidance. This project will provide support to the development team in terms of assessment, development and qualification of methods for impurity assessment.

Qualifications

This placement is part of The Scottish Life Sciences Internship Programme. The programme is only open to students in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year, who are studying an undergraduate Life Science Degree in Scotland. Candidates will be reviewed by their CV only, and can apply for a maximum of three placements. For more information please visit: Programme Overview

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• Background biological science knowledge
• Have performed some practical laboratory work
• Good communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Neat hand writing
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Possess a willingness to learn

Desirable Skills

Good IT skills would be an advantage

Benefits

Company benefits

BioReliance is a leading organisation in the application of methods for the detection of impurities e.g. host cell proteins (HCP) which are examined during the development and manufacture of a new biological product. Our laboratory suites are state of the art and with a team of over 300 experts in Scotland, science and quality are at the heart of our company philosophy. The candidate will have the ability to work directly with skilled scientific staff and also have exposure to the wider commercial workings of a busy service company.

Placement benefits

Training will be provided to ensure the candidate has the skills to work under supervision within a quality driven environment. This will include safety training, quality assessment, IT skills and scientific writing. Additional skills gained will be confidence in lab environment and a level of understanding of how to discuss data/results, perform scientific writing and present the data (poster and oral presentation).

Additional information

Location: Glasgow

Planned interview date: TBC - April 2016

Preferred start date: TBC - July 2016

Company information

BioReliance is a contract research organisation (CRO) which provides testing services for the biopharmaceutical industry. BioReliance is owned by Merck. The company has global presence with US headquarters in Rockville Maryland and the European facilities are located in Glasgow and Stirling. The company performs bio-safety testing i.e. experimental methods to detect microbial and viral agents, which is a basic requirement throughout the development of a therapeutic drug and is directly linked to release of medicines to the clinic. BioReliance is a leader in this field of regulated science and works with the top 50 biopharmaceutical drug manufacturers. We are a growing company and are dynamic in our approach to new and innovative methods. The global company has facilities within EU, AP and US and we work directly with our BioReliance facility in Rockville. Find out more here: http://www.bioreliance.com/

Company sector: Life Sciences

Company website: http://www.bioreliance.com/