Research Associate
You will work at the bench across our labs and support the scientists in culture, purification and analysis. Along the way, you learn each step of the chain, from source to finished material.
We welcome recent graduates looking for a job or an internship, and we give priority to those who graduated top of their degree programme or university.
We are running this role in our laboratory in Vietnam. The work is at the bench, on site, and is not remote. If you apply from another country, the form below asks about your right to work in Vietnam.
What you will do
- Prepare media, buffers and samples.
- Run routine experiments and measurements to written procedures.
- Record every result with its date, sample, instrument and operator.
- Keep the lab, its equipment and its stock in order.
What you bring
- A degree in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, pharmacy or a related field.
- Laboratory experience from study or from work.
- Careful records, and the habit of checking your own work.
Nice to have
- Experience with cell culture, PCR or HPLC.
How you can apply
You can apply with the form on this page, or write to our Chief Executive Officer, Marshon Nguyen, on LinkedIn.
Synthena will never ask you for money, for bank details or to install a messaging app while you apply, and our emails come only from synthenapharma.com addresses.
About Synthena Pharmaceuticals
Synthena Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company founded in Hong Kong in July 2026. We work on one substance, PDRN, and we make it from plant cells and from microbes, never from animal tissue. Our target fragments are 20–80 base pairs, and every result keeps its history: the date, the sample, the instrument and the operator.