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Astraveus is a French start-up created in 2016 specialized in the development of innovative instruments for the production of cell and genes therapies.
Cell and gene therapies are composed of living cells with high therapeutic potential such as genetically modified lymphocytes to attack cancerous cells. Those therapies allow to cure incurable cancers and genetic diseases but they are currently too complex and expensive to produce. This results in substantial selling prices per patient, typically between 0.3 and 2 million euros.
Our goal is to revolutionize their production to reach higher performance and best quality standardization than competing approaches, and thus contribute to making these innovative therapies accessible to all. To achieve this goal, we are developing innovative solutions that exploit the performance and precision of microfluidic modules in a fully automated environment.
https://www.astraveus.com/
Job description
As part of our growth, we are looking for a Field Application Scientist who is passionate, curious and eager to contribute to developing access to cell therapies and to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and kind team. Focused on the development and optimization of cell therapy applications at the interface between our clients and internal development teams, the Field Applications Scientist will acquire a deep knowledge of Astraveus’ LakhesysTM cell therapy manufacturing platform and support our partners in realizing its full potential.
The position requires an excellent team player capable of working cross-functionally with engineering, business development and customers to enable outstanding customer experience when implementing the LakhesysTM platform from initial implementation to ongoing support during regular use.
The Field Applications Scientist will be part of a cell-therapy focused applications team and work under the supervision of a Senior Field Application Scientist. They will apply their acquired knowledge and experience to support customers in reaching their goals by leveraging the capabilities of the LakhesysTM platform.
The position will involve collaboration with customers to develop cell therapy applications and methodologies, conduct training, provide technical guidance on experimental design and troubleshooting, and thus enable customer satisfaction.
This position will require worldwide traveling to customers between 25% and 50% of the time. Scope and responsibilities of the role may evolve according to the R&D projects run in the company and the targeted cell therapy product applications.
Main responsibilities
- Support the production of CAR-T therapies using novel microfluidic as well as traditional methods
- Support the development of target product applications
- Help in educating partners and customers to use the LakhesysTM platform and support them to maximize their success in cell and gene therapy manufacturing
- Understand the collaborator´s / customer´s bioproduction requirements to help them design, implement, analyze and interpret their experiments
- Support prioritization of internal and external application development projects and execute accordingly
- Participate in developing and delivering scientific articles, application notes etc. to support the commercialization of the LakhesysTM platform
