Our mission
At Ethris, we are working at the forefront of medical innovation and technology. To us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, working on rethinking human therapeutics. We strive towards developing the next generation of mRNA therapeutics and vaccines for respiratory diseases. We're a dedicated and skilled team of around 50 with different cultural backgrounds, all following the goal of revolutionizing medicine and bringing ground-breaking new therapies to patients worldwide in due time. With our truly innovative, self-developed and IP-protected suite of platforms for lipidoid nanoparticle delivery, mRNA design and optimization, mRNA manufacturing and drug product stabilization at room-temperature, we are uniquely positioned to achieve our ambitious goals.
Our offer
As a highly ambitious and thriving biotech company, we offer you an extremely interesting but also demanding job. You will have the opportunity to quickly expand your operational, strategic, and personal skills in a highly motivated team. An open communication culture and working atmosphere combined with a strong team spirit contribute to our success.
To meet our ambitions and goals, we are actively growing our research team and we are looking specifically for a Research Assistant to join us. With this position, we offer you an opportunity to actively contribute to several of our research projects with a range of in vitro screening tests necessary to further develop our technology. This role comes with new training opportunities to expand your laboratory skill set and grow, an open communication culture and working atmosphere, and a strong team spirit to enable our success together.
Your tasks
- Produce and characterize mRNA for research activities,
- Produce and characterize nanoparticle formulations,
- Carry out in vitro screening activities such as cell culture and transfection studies,
- Document results in reports,
- Carry out general laboratory management activities such as ordering raw materials and consumables.
Your profile
- You have a strong hands-on mentality and like to work in a multi-disciplinary team,
- You have a life sciences oriented professional training (BTA, CTA, MTA, PTA or equivalent),
- You are reliable, organized, and work thoroughly,
- You have good written and spoken English skills,
- It’s a plus, if you have experience working with nucleic acids or drug delivery formulations but more importantly you are a quick in picking up on things and always willing to learn something new.
About us
Ethris is located in Munich, a very beautiful, exciting and safe city in southern Germany that offers a particularly high quality of life. The Munich region is considered one of the leading biotech hubs in Europe. Ethris truly benefits from the strong scientific cluster-knowledge in the region, driven by intense scientific exchange and collaboration with Munich’s renowned academic institutions, such as Ludwig Maximilian University, Technical University, Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Neurobiology, and the Helmholtz-Center - as well as with other life science companies.
