Biotechnology Jobs

• Liverpool
• On-site
• Permanent

Perform routine, non-routine and stability testing on finished pharmaceutical products at a client site, using HPLC, Dissolution, Karl Fischer and UV techniques. The role also covers technology transfers, analytical validation, GMP data review and OOS investigations, working within a managed services team embedded at the client's facility.

HPLC · Dissolution · Karl Fischer +4

• Liverpool
• On-site
• Permanent

Perform method development and proof-of-concept validation on pharmaceutical raw materials, intermediates and drug substances, mainly APIs, using HPLC, GC and MS. Support technology transfers for novel substances, review data for compliance, investigate OOS/OOE results and document work to client procedures. Based on-site at a client facility as a managed PSS scientist, liaising with client representatives and supporting audits and continuous improvement.

HPLC · GC · MS +7

• Oxford
• £50,000 – £65,000 pa
• Lead

Hands-on lab role owning assay design, development and delivery across plant biology and cell science. Involves building mode-of-action assays, developing automated high-throughput analysis pipelines, and sharing plant physiology expertise across multidisciplinary teams while mentoring colleagues on experimental records and protocols.

Brightfield Microscopy · Fluorescence Microscopy

• Edinburgh
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £31,000 – £36,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Contract

Implement high-throughput plasmid assembly, colony PCR, Minipreps and pathway construction to build strains for hypothesis testing and model training. Work across disciplines in a lab-based, cross-pollinating team, with fortnightly research updates, mentorship and organised labbook/data keeping. Golden Gate assembly, Benchling in silico cloning and DNA sequencing are core.

Benchling · QIAgility

• Cardiff
• £250 – £300 pd

Field-based sales role covering the West Midlands and Wales, driving account strategy and complex pan-pathology procurements for an immunohistochemistry and tissue diagnostics portfolio. Works alongside Customer Account Managers and Product Specialists, tracking NHS payment, tendering and procurement changes to retain existing sites and win new ones using digital sales engagement tools.

Roche

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £20 – £24 ph
• Mid-level
• Temporary

Undertake routine and specialist microbiological and molecular investigations across bacteriology, Containment Level 3, serology, chlamydia and molecular diagnostics, interpreting and reporting results. Operate and maintain automated analysers, manage consumables and lab IT systems, and contribute to quality management, audits and SOP development. Based at Addenbrooke's Hospital within UKHSA's Public Health Microbiology team.

UKAS · HSE

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Director

Individual-contributor alliance lead owning the relationship with an established central laboratory partner, balancing strategic direction with day-to-day governance and delivery oversight. Embeds a new operating model, monitors KPIs and study delivery, resolves escalations, and uses AI tools such as Claude to analyse large datasets and drive continuous improvement.

Claude

• USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence
• Hybrid
• Director

Individual-contributor alliance lead owning an established central laboratory partnership, balancing strategic direction with hands-on governance. Runs governance forums, monitors KPIs and study delivery, resolves urgent operational issues, and embeds a new operating model, using AI tools to analyse large datasets.

Claude

• Cambridge
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead biophysical binding characterisation, predominantly using Surface Plasmon Resonance, to interrogate Bicycle® molecules and triage screening cascades. Design and optimise bespoke assays, explore orthogonal technologies such as Carterra, AlphaScreen and mass photometry, and partner with computational and structural biology teams on structure-based drug design. Mentors junior colleagues within the Platform Technology group.

SPR · Carterra · AlphaScreen +4

• London
• Hybrid
• £50,733 – £59,484 pa
• Mid-level
• Contract

Lead the harmonisation, integration and analysis of large-scale multi-omics datasets including single-cell transcriptomics, epigenomics and proteomics, building reproducible Nextflow or Snakemake pipelines on HPC or cloud infrastructure. Work with AI and mathematical modelling teams within a multidisciplinary consortium spanning Imperial, UCL and industry partners on an ARIA-funded programme studying innate immune protection against respiratory viral infections.

Nextflow · Snakemake · Unix +3

• Livingston
• Entry level

Performs and documents analytical procedures in a regulated laboratory, running routine data analysis and checking results against tolerances. Prepares data for LIMS upload, supports quality investigations and deviations, and calibrates and maintains lab equipment. Also trains other lab personnel and escalates unusual results to senior staff.

LIMS

• Saffron Walden
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £3,452 pm
• Mid-level
• Contract

Designs and develops software and APIs for the UniProt data services and website, serving protein information to the global scientific community. Also handles design, maintenance and monitoring of the website cloud infrastructure, with a focus on scalability, well-tested code and distributed big-data processing.

Spring Boot · Solr · Kubernetes +4

• Manchester
• £38,448 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead mass spectrometry-based proteomics within a Wellcome Discovery Award consortium studying microbial competition and Type VI Secretion Systems. Design and run DIA proteomics experiments, maintain timsTOF and LC instrumentation, and apply R-based analysis pipelines, publishing findings as lead or co-author.

timsTOF HT · timsTOF Ultra AIP · Liquid Chromatography +1

• Oxford
• Hybrid · 3–4 days in office
• Lead
• Permanent

Provides scientific and hands-on leadership for immunogenicity and ligand binding assay bioanalysis supporting mRNA-LNP therapeutic programs, spanning assay development, validation, clinical sample testing and regulatory submissions. Ensures GcLP compliance and partners with cross-functional teams, with opportunities to work alongside data and AI-enabled analytical approaches.

ECL · Gyrolabs · Reporter Gene Assays +3

• Oxford
• On-site
• £36,360 – £42,434 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Supports an experimental programme building predictive models of cells, maintaining mammalian cell systems and running workflows such as endogenous protein tagging, CRISPR perturbation, optical pooled screening, live-cell imaging and proteomics. Works with computational and experimental researchers, generating engineered cell models and analysing data within a collaborative lab.

CRISPR · Flow Cytometry · Immunoblotting +4