Biotechnology Jobs

CureAge Therapeutics · London

Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.

Alloy Therapeutics UK Ltd · Cambridge · £45,000 – £50,000 pa

Design and build large-scale synthetic gene loci and transgenic platforms for antibody discovery, using CRISPR/Cas9, RMCE and site-specific integrases. Hands-on molecular biology including PCR, NGS, plasmid construction and flow-cytometric immunophenotyping, within a small multidisciplinary team working from dry-lab design to wet-lab validation.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Develops and optimises high-throughput enzyme assays to characterise plant protein variants from AI-assisted design and evolutionary discovery. Works with computational scientists, automation engineers and roboticists to build scalable protein expression, purification and biochemical characterisation pipelines, informing protein engineering and crop yield decisions.

ISR Recruitment · Oxford · £520 – £532 pd

Lead a laboratory-based immunology team, designing in vitro pharmacology assays and coordinating in vivo efficacy studies with CROs to advance biologic therapies for autoimmune diseases. Involves target identification, ex vivo profiling, and cross-functional work with protein engineering, biomarkers and translational medicine, plus IND documentation and publications.

Gilead Sciences · Oxford

Lead a team of scientists developing novel biologic therapies for autoimmune disease, overseeing in vitro and in vivo pharmacology studies for lead and early discovery programs. Collaborate across immunology, protein engineering, translational medicine and biomarkers to deliver data packages for progression to development, while mentoring staff and contributing to INDs and patents.

EMBL-EBI · Saffron Walden · £3,452 pm

Designs and develops software and APIs for the UniProt protein data services and website, serving a global scientific community. Also handles design, maintenance and monitoring of the website's cloud infrastructure, with a focus on scalability, well-tested code and distributed big-data processing. Works in a dynamic interdisciplinary team of engineers and bioinformaticians alongside biologists.

Recursion · Salt Lake City, United States

Develop, optimize and validate cell-based and biochemical assays for automated high-throughput screening, running workflows at scale across 384- and 1536-well formats. Work in a cross-disciplinary team with biologists, automation and data scientists, documenting methods so assays transfer reliably. A 9-month contractor role, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

Basecamp Research · London

Owns the peptide and protein platform as a commercial product, spanning market and competitive intelligence, target product profiles, roadmap and packaging decisions, and go-to-market positioning. Sits between model, data and science teams and business development, and is accountable for partner engagement and revenue generation. Requires deep peptide therapeutics and licensing deal expertise.

Lila Sciences · London · US$268,000 – US$384,000 pa

Conducts original computational biology research for AI safety, investigating how LLMs, specialised biological models, agents and automated laboratories combine to change what is biologically feasible. Spans protein and nucleic-acid design, cellular systems and biological delivery, translating risk judgments into dual-use policy boundaries, evaluation priorities and mitigation requirements alongside threat modellers and red-teamers.

Nexus Life Sciences · Belfast · £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Leads a Clinical Method Development and Validation team, overseeing bioanalytical method delivery for a New Product Development programme. Provides technical leadership in a GLP-compliant lab, acting as expert in extraction techniques and optimising HPLC, UPLC and LCMSMS systems while mentoring the team.

CSL · Haywards Heath

Oversees vendor delivery of medical evaluations for individual case safety reports, applying medical and scientific judgment on causality, expectedness and seriousness. Trains Medical Evaluators, sets assessment frameworks and drives process improvements across Global Safety and Pharmacovigilance. Requires deep pharmacovigilance knowledge and cross-functional stakeholder work.

Moderna · Oxford

Designs and delivers immunogenicity and bioanalytical strategies for regulated clinical programmes, developing ADA, nAb, PK and PD assays using ELISA, MSD and cell culture. Works with multidisciplinary teams to validate assays, manage reagents and SOPs, and integrate digital and AI-enabled tools. Site-based at Harwell within a growing mRNA-focused team.

CSL · Maidenhead

Provides medical and scientific expertise on clinical safety across the full product lifecycle, with emphasis on evaluating safety data during clinical development and post-approval. Chairs the Safety Management Team, oversees signal detection, aggregate reports (DSURs, PSURs, RMPs) and regulatory responses, and sets safety strategy for global cross-functional development and post-marketing teams.

CSL · Opfikon, Switzerland

Provides medical and scientific expertise on clinical safety across a product's lifecycle, with emphasis on signal detection, risk management and regulatory submissions. Chairs the Safety Management Team, oversees aggregate reports such as DSURs, PSURs and RMPs, and acts as the safety representative in cross-functional development and post-marketing teams.