Biotechnology Jobs

• United Kingdom
• Remote

Field-based role maintaining Roche diagnostic systems across molecular, tissue and serum work areas, using on-site support and remote diagnostics to resolve complex electro-mechanical faults. Duties include preventive maintenance, reporting, customer technical training and regulatory documentation, working within a UK customer-centric field support team.

Roche Diagnostics Systems

• Paisley

Deliver post-sales support for pharma analytics solutions across the UK and Ireland, training customers, troubleshooting, and optimising workflows both on-site and remotely. Act as a customer advocate, feeding technical insight back to internal teams and supporting sales with product discussions and live demos. Requires hands-on PCR, sequencing, and analytical HPLC experience, with 50-65% travel.

Real-Time PCR · Digital PCR · Sanger Sequencing +2

• Oxford
• On-site
• Senior

Sole-contributor scientist role developing and executing biochemical and molecular biology assays for PK/PD analysis, spanning genomic DNA/RNA isolation, qPCR, ddPCR, RNA sequencing, MSD, ELISA and immunoblotting. Works within Moderna's Clinical Bioanalytical team at Harwell, Oxfordshire, ensuring GcLP-compliant assay qualification and validation, troubleshooting with external CRO partners, and building internal and external mRNA-based bioanalytical capability.

MSD · LIMS · eLNB +1

• Cambridge
• Senior

Leads stem cell-focused drug discovery projects, designing and optimising human iPSC-derived models, 2D/3D assays and disease models, and applying New Approach Methodologies to client programmes. Partners directly with pharmaceutical and biotech clients, presenting data and shaping project strategy, while mentoring colleagues and contributing to proposals and capability development.

Organoids · Spheroid systems · Co-culture models +4

• Buckinghamshire
• On-site
• £34,000 – £35,000 pa

Combines technical applications support with outbound sales for a Life Sciences SME supplying cell biology and recombinant protein products. You'll troubleshoot customer issues, recommend products, follow up leads and quotations, and proactively develop new business by phone and email, working in a small team.

• Cambridge
• £71,200 – £113,200 pa
• Senior · manages people

Leads day-to-day operations of a genomics hub, managing NGS workflows such as RNAseq, ATACseq and single cell genomics, plus SOPs, data management, equipment and budgets. Provides hands-on wet lab guidance and acts as subject matter expert on experimental design while training and supervising technical staff.

• Cambridge
• On-site
• Entry level
• Contract

Hands-on laboratory role supporting a state-of-the-art multiomics facility, running Illumina and Nanopore sequencing, bulk RNA/DNA library prep and single-cell workflows such as 10x Genomics and Parse Bio. The post also covers lab automation, instrument maintenance, SOPs, purchasing and advising researchers on experimental design within a collaborative core-facility team.

Illumina · Nanopore · 10x Genomics +3

• London
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Contributes to the design and execution of cellular and biochemical assays, including arrayed CRISPR perturbation screens in established cell models, and maintains primary and immortalised mammalian cell lines with sample tracking and QC. Runs phenotypic readouts such as flow cytometry, RT-qPCR and ELISA, performs data analysis and quality assurance, and reports outcomes to cross-functional project teams. Based in London wet labs within a matrixed TechBio environment.

CRISPR · Flow Cytometry · RT-qPCR +3

• Exeter
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

A PhD studentship developing and applying multiplexed Variable Dose Analysis (mVDA) to map genetic interactions in human cells, adapting the technology from Drosophila. The student will integrate mVDA with live-cell microscopy or single-cell sequencing and apply the platform to investigate NF1-associated gene networks, working across functional genomics, imaging, bioinformatics and statistics.

CRISPR · mVDA · Drosophila

• London
• Senior
• Permanent

Develops and benchmarks machine learning models for DNA sequence, regulatory elements and genetic variation, including variant effect prediction and representation learning. Integrates sequence-derived representations with transcriptomic, epigenomic and perturbational data to uncover disease mechanisms and support target prioritisation, working within the interdisciplinary Rosalind team.

Transformer · DNA Language Models · Genomic Foundation Models +2

• Cambridge, United States
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Lead computational drug design programs from hit identification through candidate selection, applying AI/ML to cheminformatics workflows and shaping the internal drug design engine. Roles span Program Lead or Computational Chemistry Lead, with some positions managing 2-3 computational chemists in a hybrid Cambridge, MA team.

REINVENT · AlphaFold

• London
• Hybrid
• US$189,750 – US$316,250 pa
• Director

Leads precision diagnostics strategy for oncology programmes, defining diagnostic requirements for trials and overseeing biomarker selection, assay validation and sample handling. Manages project plans, budgets and timelines while engaging diagnostic companies, clinical labs and vendors, and supporting regulatory submissions. Works cross-functionally with research, clinical, regulatory and commercial teams in a hybrid model.

FDA · EU IVDR · PMDA +2

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Director

Leads precision diagnostics strategy for oncology programmes, defining biomarker selection, assay validation and sample collection across multiple assets. Oversees project plans, budgets and regulatory submissions while managing external diagnostic partners and clinical labs. Hybrid role based in Stevenage, relocating to Cambridge by early 2029.

FDA · EU IVDR · PMDA/MHLW Japan +2

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Develops AI and machine learning systems for synthetic biology, genome design and molecular evolution, with a focus on genome-scale metabolic modelling. Works in a Technology Hub ML engineering team alongside wet-lab scientists, bioinformatics and scientific compute groups, building reproducible training pipelines and MLOps for biological design and discovery.

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Lead computational chemistry strategy across drug discovery programs, applying AI-first approaches to hit finding, molecular design and lead optimisation. Work with ML scientists to embed generative models into cheminformatics workflows, with some roles managing 2-3 computational chemists.

REINVENT · AlphaFold · Large Language Models