Hire research scientist (biotech)s in the UK

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The skills research scientist (biotech)s on Biotechnology Jobs are actually being asked for, by how often they appear in adverts for the role over the last 12 months. Candidates search by these words; an advert that uses them is the one they find.

1. Machine Learning 30% of adverts
2. Molecular Biology 18% of adverts
3. Immunology 18% of adverts
4. Drug Discovery 18% of adverts
5. Epidemiology 18% of adverts
6. Real-World Evidence 15% of adverts
7. Health Outcomes Research 15% of adverts
8. Health Economics 15% of adverts

Hiring research scientist (biotech)s on Biotechnology Jobs right now

• Isomorphic Labs 7
• Ellison Institute of Technology 2

Three live adverts for the role, as candidates see them. How rivals pitch it is worth a look before you write yours.

Isomorphic Labs · 201–500 people · Series A

Research Scientist

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• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level · manages people

Builds greenfield machine learning models and algorithms for drug discovery, designing new architectures, running experiments and scaling training and inference frameworks. Works in an interdisciplinary team of ML scientists, engineers and domain experts, with opportunities to lead projects and mentor others depending on experience.

JAX · PyTorch · TensorFlow +3

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Lila Sciences

ML Research Scientist, Scientific Evaluations

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• London
• US$176,000 – US$304,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design and prototype scientific evaluations and RL environments for frontier LLMs, turning papers, codebases and lab protocols into validated, versioned training environments at scale. Work spans reward shaping, data collection and integration with the training loop, requiring strong Python prototyping and large-scale data pipeline experience.

Ray · Modal · vLLM +3

4 days ago

Animal & Plant Health Agency

Defra Group Research Scientist – Immunology (CR3350)

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• Addlestone
• £40,056 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design and execute scientific investigations into mammalian viral pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, ensuring work meets ISO9001, budget and customer requirements. Communicate findings via conferences and peer-reviewed journals, supervise staff and students, and pursue national and international research funding. Includes rostered on-call cover for weekend and Bank Holiday diagnostics.

ISO 9001

CTC clearance Last week

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