Scientist position in Nestlé Research Center for Metabolomics in Nutrition

Highlights:
1. NRC has an excellent reputation in food and nutrition research that has benefited consumers for over a century. Scientist position available at Nestlé Research Center for Metabolomics in Nutrition.
2. By bringing together its knowledge in Nutrition and Health, Food Science, Food/Consumer Interaction, Food Quality and Safety, Nestlé opens the way to develop Good Food and Good Life: to offer tasty foods that procure health as well as pleasure for our consumers.

3. In this global and multicultural environment, Nestlé, a food, nutrition, health and wellness company aims to work with the best scientists in the world.
4. To support its research strategy, the BioAnalytical Science Department at the NRC is seeking a: Metabolomics Scientist in Nutrition who will work within the Metabolomics & Biomarkers group.
5. Main responsibilities:
6. -Analysis of biological matrices (biofluids, tissue, cell cultures) using mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR & LC-NMR/MS).
7. -Develop metabolic profiling strategies (metabolomics and lipidomics) including data modelling for pathway visualization and interpretation.
-Metabolite identification using both NMR and MS.
8. -Designing new clinical studies for Nutritional Metabolomics.
9. Required profile:
10. -PhD in Biochemistry / Chemistry / Biology or associated fields with demonstrated skills in the field of metabolomics.
11. -Strong expertise in the application of NMR and MS to the analysis of small molecules including application of chemometrics for biomarkers discovery (metabolomics) and structure elucidation of organic compounds.

12. -Experience in the application of NMR and MS for metabolic modelling and biochemical interpretation.

13. -Able to interact with a multidisciplinary team of statisticians, bioinformaticians, biochemists and nutritionists.

14. -Good communication skills in English.
15. Personal requirements:
-Project management skills with a vision for innovation
-Open-minded team player
-Hard-worker
If you are interested in being involved in demanding and innovative projects within one of the leading research laboratories in food and nutritional sciences worldwide, then apply with us (complete application including CV, cover letter and references is mandatory) now on www.careers.nestle.com/ Requisition ID 3191.
Closing Date: 31 December 2009
Nestle Research Centre
Lausanne, Switzerland

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