Placement Student (Microbiology)

Placement Student (Microbiology) United Kingdom

Arxada
Full Time United Kingdom 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

Arxada is a pioneering leader with a powerful legacy: Over 120 years of creating specialty chemicals and solutions that potentiate the performance of our customers and their products. Our solutions, our expertise and our support help them to perform better - to be more efficient, more effective and more sustainable. We are passionate about empowering high performance and enabling our employees, partners and customers to realize their full potential. Together we make daily life safer, cleaner, healthier and greener. If you like making a difference, we are the company for you!
ARXADA is looking for a Student Placement (Microbiology) supporting our Preservation Microbiology Team based at Arxada’s R&D hub in Blackley, UK. This 13 month fixed-term contract is part of our proven annual student placement programme that provides an insight into a career within industrial microbiology. The length of the placement allows for an easy transition into Arxadas microbiology team, by overlapping with the current placement students.
Key responsibilities:
  • Generate efficacy testing data for biocidal actives and formulations, and to support or lead protocol development to identify novel biocidal chemistries.
  • Help to define and execute an original programme of practical scientific research to build deeper fundamental understanding of global preservation testing methods and preservative action.
  • Keep up to date lab-book, monthly report of work and write-up summary of findings during placement. Participate in site as well as global Preservation team meetings and stakeholder presentations as required and be prepared to present and discuss own programme of work
  • Exposure to research in industry; the Student will be introduced to the various functions and roles at Arxada
Key requirements:
  • Studying for a B.Sc or M.Sc. in Biological Sciences / Microbiology
  • Strong A-level result in Biology and preferably Chemistry
  • Preferred area of study: Microbiology
  • Knowledge of Biological sciences.
  • Ideally knowledge or background in microbiology, aseptic techniques and safe handling of microorganisms. Strong focus/background in handling and drawing conclusions from experimental data.
  • Ability to draw own conclusions from data and make recommendations for next steps
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Confidence to present own work to a varied audience, ranging from scientific experts to non-scientists
Arxada - Potentiating Performance
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Placement Student (Microbiology)
Arxada

arxada.com
Basel, Switzerland
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
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