Job Description

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Research Biologist based in Hatfield on a fixed term contract until April 2025.

Our client has more than 11,000 people worldwide with operations in the U.S., Asia, Europe & Japan and is one of the world\'s leading research-based pharmaceutical companies.

The teams focus on the identification of drug targets for neurological diseases (especially Alzheimer?s disease and Parkinson?s disease). Drug targets are investigated with a view to discovering compounds and other agents that could modulate the target to give benefit in disease.

Research Biologist/Senior Research Biologist Role:
You will be focusing on the development and utilisation of complex cell-based and biochemical assays for drug identification and pharmacological profiling.

Specific techniques may include:

• Cell culture (cell lines and more advanced systems),
• Working with antibodies (immunostaining, immunoblotting etc.) enzyme assays and screening,
• Working with recombinant proteins,
• Molecular biology techniques (generating/handling constructs, transfections etc.)
• Various types of laboratory instrumentation (plate readers, liquid handling, imaging etc.).

Your Background:

• MSc/PhD in a relevant biological science with basic and some advanced laboratory skills in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, pharmacology, neuroscience or a related discipline.
• Experience in R&D methods and processes. Experience in industry would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Experience in or knowledge of the pharmaceutical drug discovery process is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of assay development for screening using small compound libraries.
• Ability to work in new areas (reagent development, assay development, cell-system set-up and validation) is essential.
• Able to work independently, albeit with discussion of strategy and data with supervisor.
• Ability to design, schedule, execute and interpret experiments using complex biological systems eg native tissue, cell culture, western blotting assays, screening technologies.

Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 55999 in all correspondence.

Please note:
This role is subject to satisfactory completion of a basic Disclosures and Barring Service (DBS) check.

You must have the right to work in the UK.

• Agency: CK Group
• Reference: 55999

Website:

• Posted: 25th August 2023
• Expires: 22nd September 2023

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