Research Associate - Biology Automation

Job description

Your work will change lives. Including your own. The Impact You’ll Make: We are expanding our in-vitro pharmacology capabilities at our Milton Park site and are seeking a motivated and dynamic early career scientist to join the Biology Automation team and Primary Pharmacology group. In this role, you will work on a leading-edge automation platform, helping to push laboratory automation towards autonomous science and entirely hands-free assay execution. You will be work within the team to ensure that the large-scale automation platform meets its objectives and that all our automated assays are fit-for-purpose and appropriately quality-controlled. You will regularly run biochemical and cell-based screening assays that deliver high-quality data to project teams and learn how to develop and validate new assays. This includes being responsible for analysing and reporting data while providing interpretation and context in project team meetings, as well as troubleshooting any issues with assays and equipment. In this role, you will: - Develop and run automated, semi-automated and manual biochemical and cell-based assays, to help drive development of small molecule therapeutics with a focu...