Biopharm Process Research - Cell Line Selection IP Review
by GSK
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
- 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Overview
Daily tasks include cell culture passaging and sampling, freezing or reviving cell banks, inoculating bioreactors. All data generated from experiment needs to be recorded in electronic lab notebooks and experiments need to be written up. Attend numerous multidisciplinary department meeting, team meetings or 1-2-1 managerial meetings.
Skills
Learnt cell culture and biopharm processes from scratch essentially, as well as built upon existing data science/analysis skills, such as data mining, data cleaning and statistical computing to generate data visualizations and statistical reports. Communication skills became more developed, as well as time management.
Responsibilities
I was given responsibility to carry out my own research independently, with the supervision of my line manager for technology development work. Not authorised to underatake project specific work.
Support & Guidance
I receive support from my line manager and the team I work in. I also had a pastoral supervisor that would check I was doing okay in a more personal way. The rest of the department was supportive as well of my work.
Culture
The company is very proactive and relaxed compared to previous employers, however this depends on your business area / department. Everyone is really friendly and there are events / social groups as well.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed most aspects of my placement, as was fortunate to be placed in a good department.
Yes
Ensure that you read the job description careful to align your skills to those required. GSK promotes the employment of people with good data management and analysis skills, so any sort of data analysis or programming software you can use would be good to include. Time management and strong presentation skills are important. An interest in latest industry news and development would be advantageous.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
East of England
June 2022
