Biotechnology Jobs

• 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 · 3 days in office
• Lead

Owns safety assessment strategy for drug discovery projects from inception to regulatory submission, working with small molecule and biologics platforms. Designs screening cascades, authors IND packages, and manages CRO relationships for outsourced wet-lab work. Also guides development of an AI predictive toxicology platform with ML researchers.

AI/ML · AlphaFold

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Designs and troubleshoots experiments in continuous evolution, engineering orthogonal replication systems for targeted gene evolution while preserving host viability. Involves computational analysis of complex datasets, publishing high-quality research, mentoring junior staff, and pursuing IP and translational opportunities within a new Oxford institute.

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,000 pa
• Entry level
• Permanent

Designs and troubleshoots experiments in synthetic chromosome engineering, including centromere design, mitotic segregation and meiotic recombination in mammals and plants. Involves large DNA construct assembly, cell culture, NGS, live-cell imaging and FISH, plus computational analysis, publishing, mentoring junior researchers and pursuing IP and translational opportunities.

NGS

• Field Force (England / Wales)
• Hybrid
• £32,690 – £60,710 pa

Site-facing role managing Phase I–IV clinical trial sites, acting as the primary contact between the sponsor and sites. Responsibilities include site initiation visits, training, on-site and remote monitoring, risk assessment and mitigation, and closeout activities, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and compliance.

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £38,448 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Primarily experimental wet-lab postdoc developing programmable nucleic-acid systems that sense defined human genomic sequences and convert molecular recognition into engineered DNA outputs, with applications to genetic privacy. Based in the Department of Genetics, the role involves hands-on design, construction and troubleshooting of novel molecular systems plus quantitative analysis of assay performance to guide experimental iterations.

• Durham
• £39,560 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

A postdoctoral position investigating whether bacterial enzymes retain post-mortem functions that promote nutrient recycling. The researcher will combine transcriptomics, metabolomics, genetics and large-scale E. coli mutant collections to identify gene products active after death, working in Professor Martin Cann's lab within an interdisciplinary consortium spanning Durham, Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge.

Escherichia coli

• 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

• Leeds
• Entry level
• Internship

A 12-month student placement in the clinical research department, supporting international trials of medical technology products. Duties include administering and coordinating the logistical aspects of clinical studies, tracking essential documents, and collecting and recording study data, with meetings alongside cross-functional partners.

Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word · Microsoft PowerPoint

• Oxford
• On-site
• £39,424 – £46,476 pa
• Mid-level
• Contract

Carry out research in spatial immunometabolism focused on the germinal centre reaction within the Clarke group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. The role involves developing new scientific techniques and experimental protocols, testing hypotheses, analysing data, contributing ideas for new projects, and providing guidance to postdocs, technicians and PhD students.

• 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
• On-site
• £40,178 – £48,700 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Conducts research characterising crosslinked proteins and lipids under a Wellcome Trust-funded grant, using proteome and lipidome methods including sample preparation, LCMS and data analysis. Manages project administration, guides junior researchers and students, and contributes to reports, publications and external seminars.

LC-MS · nanoLC-MS

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead research on the capabilities and risks of biological AI systems, designing evaluations, red-teaming studies and threat models, and developing safeguards across training, model behaviour and access. Work within the frontier model team with access to proprietary genomic data and biological expertise, shaping research priorities and publishing where appropriate.

EDEN · BaseData

• London
• £31,695 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Supports research into how mice process odours to guide foraging behaviour, running behavioural experiments with freely moving animals and training them on olfactory tasks. The postholder also helps build and maintain data acquisition and analysis pipelines, keeps detailed experimental records, and presents findings at lab meetings. Based in a systems neuroscience group using electrophysiology, calcium imaging and computational modelling.

• Addlestone
• On-site
• £47,557 – £52,010 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a UKRI-funded Next Generation Veterinary Vaccines programme, investigating influenza, coronaviruses and zoonotic Disease X threats. Work across multidisciplinary teams using in vitro and in vivo approaches to design and optimise plug-and-play vaccine platforms, assessing immunogenicity, efficacy and antigenic variation. Includes line management, project coordination and work in SAPO4/ACDP3 containment facilities.

SAPO4 · ACDP3