Laboratory Scientist

Laboratory Scientist

Reading

£40,000 - £45,000 DOE + excellent training & mentorship + rapidly growing start up + potential for uncapped progression as per growth + cutting edge research + great company culture + flexitime

Are you looking to join an award winning biotech company, completing groundbreaking research, and leading the way in the development of new, revolutionary stem cell therapeutics, where you will play a pivotal role in their ongoing success, forming part of a small but highly skilled R&D team working towards clinical trials?

Are you looking for a career-defining role, where you will receive 1:1 training from industry and academic professionals, ensuring you can reach your full potential in a collaborative environment which will enable unlimited progression in the mid to long term, whilst making a significant contribution toward truly cutting-edge research which will transform the future of medicine?

The company develop regenerative therapies using manipulated stem cells, with the purpose of increasing health span and prolonging the period of quality life. They were formed nearly 10 years ago, following 20 years of scientific research, and recently won awards for their visionary work. Headed up by a team of pioneers in stem cell research, you will work alongside brilliant minds as the team moves toward clinical trials - bringing their extraordinary regenerative technology to a global market. This is a truly unique opportunity to work for a trailblazing organisation, on the precipice of brilliance. You will form part of a thriving team, adding value to a fantastic culture.

You will work as a key part of the R&D team, helping to develop in vitro and ex vivo assay models speaking to key mechanisms that link between the platform technology and target therapeutic indications, namely, immunomodulatory/anti-inflammatory and other key drivers of ageing

The role:

• Planning, performing and quantifying in vitro experiments, using existing protocols, but also introducing new techniques
• Assisting with in vivo experiments (rodent experiments)
• Carry out experimental techniques, including molecular and protein profiling (PCR, ELISA, qPRCR, Western blotting), Histology and Immunocytochemistry, Tissue and organ culture and Cell biology (light microscopy, time-lapse microscopy)
• Collate, analyse and present data
• Write reports, reviews and summaries
• Write research SOP's, protocols and risk assessments
• Keep up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments

The person:

• Minimum BSc, ideally MSc in Cell or Molecular Biology, Biomedical sciences or related subject
• 2-3 years of relevant experience (ideally in industry - translational medicine or Biotechnology)

Keywords: Laboratory Scientist, Biomedical, R&D, Laboratory Manager, Biotech, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, MSc, PhD, Reading, Lab, Graduate, Molecular

Reference Number: BBBH12613

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