Description:

Reference: 2413
Internship post: Biotechnology
Location: Cape Town City, South Africa
Car Required: No
Start of internship: Year round
Length of internship: 2 to 6 months
Short description of internship:
This company was established to manufacture and commercialize natural products produced for the biopharma market using proprietary bioreactor technology and to provide related products and services.
Since then, they have grown into a diversified biotechnology and bioservices company, identifying and exploiting growth opportunities in areas related to its original mission. The company employs mostly scientists focused on providing a wide range of bioanalytical services to the global
biopharma industry and specialist diagnostic tests to local clinicians.
Internship tasks:
Support ongoing bioreactor and bioprocess research, development and validation. Reports to Senior Scientist,Technical R&D Unit.
-Research and development of a novel mammalian cell culture bioreactor and bioprocess for the biopharma industry.
-Mammalian cell culture growth, viability and toxicity studies for new bioreactor materials. Material stability testing, including chemical extractables / leachables / particulates resulting from manufacturing and sterilization.
-Stress indicator studies: effect of growth conditions on cell morphology, viability and productivity. –Benchmark studies: comparison of different flask/bioreactor cultivations
-Biofilm growth and productivity studies demonstrating range of Quorus cultivations
- Support work overflow from microbial, cell culture or engineering projects as needed.
-Learn to cultivate different bacterial, fungal and/or mammalian cell lines.
-Execute growth & viability kinetic studies, enzyme and biochemical assays as required.
-Prepare growth medium, buffers and reagents.
-Evaluate and implement new technical applications and procedures as needed.

Qualifications:

Applicant requirements:
Minimum of undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, biotechnology, microbiology or similar field
-Good basic aseptic technique and general microbiology skills,
-Good basic chemistry and general analytical chemistry skills
-Innovative, resourceful and flexible. Conscious about quality.

Length/Availability:

Various durations

Start Date:

Year round

End Date:

12/12/15, Year round

Deadline:

Year round

Tags:

chemical  engineering  biotechnology  microbiology  cape  town 

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