Want to build a tastier future through cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for a mission-driven, creative, and committed Biotechnology Intern to join us 🦆. Come and bring your skills to the table!
GOURMEY is one of Europe's leading cultivated meat companies with global ambitions. Our vision is to create sustainable cultivated meat delights directly from animal cells for a conscious generation.
We believe in a world where succulence can share a table with positive impact and that cutting-edge technology combined with culinary arts can help us get there From engineers or scientists to culinary experts, we’re building an international team that shares the same passion for positive change. Currently a team of 65 Gourmates, we have dozens of nationalities at the table! Our differences are our strengths and our common language is food.
At GOURMEY, you will report to Louisa Barthélemy, Molecular Biology engineer.
What will you be responsible for?
- The focus of the internship will be: optimizing experimental protocols following an assay development plan in order to qualify assays to be used by the Quality Control department.
- Performing experiments involving stem cell culture (including cell culture passages and generating samples for characterization).
- Performing experiments involving cell characterization techniques (specially RT-qPCR and flow cytometry).
- Collaborating with other workstreams and other team members and exchanging expertise and knowledge.
- Keeping meticulous notes in an electronic notebook with detailed records of information about the experiments.
- Summarizing and communicating results and interpretations during team meetings and preparing reports.
You will work hand in hand with our scientists and technicians in the Cell and Media Development and Quality teams and play an integral role in ensuring an efficient experimental workflow. We are looking for an intern to work on tool development (cell and molecular assays) for stem cell characterization.
What about you?
- M2 student in the fields of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology or related topics.
- Experience in sterile animal cell culture techniques (ideally ESCs, iPSCs, or primary cells), or using common molecular biology techniques for cell characterization (PCR, RT-qPCR, immunofluorescence)
- Experience in flow cytometry or telomerase assay is a plus
- Excellent communication skills in English (both written and spoken).
- A proactive, positive, collaborative mindset with strong interpersonal skills and a desire to work in an impact-driven startup environment.
- Adaptability and a desire to expand your knowledge and skills.
- Rigor and organization with high attention to detail.
- Passion for GOURMEY’s mission to bring to market delicious and sustainable foods through innovation.
What do we offer?
You will join a fast-growing startup located in the center of Paris, with a global ambition to build the future of food through cutting-edge technologies in an inclusive work environment valuing the importance of work-life balance.
We offer:
- 🌴 Extra days off for interns.
- 🧑⚕️ Attractive Health insurance policy (higher than the minimum required)
- 🍌 Meal vouchers (We use Swile)
- 🎳 Work-life balance monitoring
- 🚴 Sustainable transportation and offer extra compensation to those who cycle to work
- 🍎 Fresh fruits and nuts delivered weekly
- 🎡 Annual company retreat
What is our recruitment process?
Inclusiveness is at the heart of everything we do at GOURMEY. By being transparent about each step of the process, and why we do things the way we do, we believe we can give all candidates a foretaste of GOURMEY’s culture. During the process, you will meet some of your team members in different parts of the recruitment process which will look like this:
- Interviews with our Talent Acquisition Manager, future colleagues, and manager.
Want to know more about us?
We are a science, purpose, and engineering-driven company, founded in 2019 and now entering its next phase of growth after our recent fundraising.
We are dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will help address and push the boundaries of what’s possible – delivering innovations that benefit people and the planet. If you want to know more, have a look at our LinkedIn page, Career Site, Glassdoor reviews as well as the many press reviews (Bloomberg; Forbes).
About Gourmey
We believe in a world where spectacle and succulence share a table with sustainability and a positive impact. So we’re reimagining meat to spare land and resources, not flavor. Sharing the delightful and decadent experience of meat we all love, while protecting the planet we all need.
GOURMEY is France's pioneering cultivated meat company. 🌎 We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation.
Join us: Join.gourmey.com
