Research Assistant

Have you just graduated and are looking to start your career in industry? Are you fascinated with what goes on within our tissues during the development and resolution of disease? Are you passionate about being part of the development of new medicines to treat complex diseases?

Then perhaps you should consider a role within Precision for Medicine's UK Lab, developing your technical and scientific skills to investigate the expression and localisation of biomarkers in tissue samples.

We are seeking a new graduate to join our IHC / mIF team and would love to hear from you!

This role is based at our Royston site in Hertfordshire, UK

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute automated IHC and mIF assays to support services projects, ensuring assays encompass relevant tissues, reagents and controls.
• Support with the design, date interpretation and reporting for IHC and mIF assays
• Provide general laboratory-based support to ensure timely delivery of high quality services projects
• Generate, protect, and maintain integrity (quality control) of raw, analysed, reported data and associated metadata, including samples, reagents, methodology details and results.
• Keep organized, accurate and up-to-date paper and electronic scientific records and other operational records required.
• Act as Study Personnel for GLP studies and GCLP regulatory studies, ensuring that all studies are performed in compliance with the principles of GLP or GCLP as required and maintaining current knowledge of the regulatory requirements relevant to the role.
• Effectively manage all project work within timelines and budgets set.
• Assist in establishing, improving and validating processes with the associated compliant documentation
• Work collaboratively with other technical teams in resource sharing and providing technical expertise
• Maintain and support safe lab practices and environment
• Comply with all quality management, regulatory compliance and project management processes (GxP, HTA, H&S).
• Endeavour to continually improve working efficiency and improve productivity.
• Actively participate in performance review and personal development processes required.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum requirement to hold a Degree (BSc or equivalent) in Biological Science, ideally with a minimum of 1 year practical experience in a histopathology laboratory

Attributes:

• Practical assay experience gained from working in a histology / histopathology laboratory
• Experience in generating high quality research data using automated IHC
• Experience working with / handling human biological samples
• Experience with digital image analysis will be a strong advantage
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills required
• Excellent attention to detail, methodical and accurate, ability to prioritise tasks
• Must possess strong computational skills, experienced with Word, Excel, Power Point
• Team player, able to work on own initiative.
• Self-motivated, committed, competent, enthusiastic and energetic.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet time and quality-based objectives
• Excellent use of judgment and discretion required
• Honest and with obvious integrity and professionalism.
• Based in the UK with the right to work full time in the UK.
• Must be able to read, write, speak fluently and comprehend the English language

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to attend and work outside of normal hours when required to meet business demands and support our on call rota.
• Role will be predominantly laboratory-based work, but with a requirement for periods of computer work for data analysis and reporting.
• Contact with human biological specimens and sharps on a daily basis.
• Ability to lift and carry between 1-15 lbs. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs overhead with assistance; frequently required to sit, grasp, and use right/left finger dexterity;
• May be exposed to a cold freezer environment (Freezer temperatures range between -20ºC to -196ºC)
• HepB vaccination is required / can be provided.