Biotechnology Jobs

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Designs and runs quantitative genetics experiments to assess polygenic traits in field environments, managing multi-location field sites and identifying germplasm for trait variation analysis. Works within the Photosynthesis and Yield programme, taking a plants-down approach to build discovery pipelines from natural variation and evolutionary signals, with scope to contribute to publications, IP and commercial translation.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Design, roll out and maintain an ISO 9001-aligned Quality Management System across a research institute, covering document control, audit programmes and management reviews. The role also involves delivering QMS training and acting as a trusted advisor to programme leaders, on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Ipsen · London

Serves as the clinical trial pharmacy subject matter expert across global oncology programmes, advising on investigational product handling, preparation, storage and accountability, and on hazardous drug and CSTD requirements. Develops pharmacy manuals and training for site pharmacists and study teams, supports audits and CAPAs, and oversees FSP pharmacists and external vendors. Hybrid role spanning London, Paris or Cambridge MA.

Ipsen · London

Ensures clinical trials comply with quality standards, SOPs and health authority regulations, partnering with site management and therapeutic area leads. Builds cluster quality plans, leads CAPA and root cause investigations, and supports audit and inspection readiness across internal and FSP teams. Also handles local regulatory intelligence and supplier quality assessments.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Postdoctoral researchers join an interdisciplinary team fabricating three-dimensional living, synthetic and hybrid tissues for disease modelling, therapeutic testing and organ repair. Openings span cell biology, electrophysiology, bioinformatics, hydrogel science and tissue engineering, combining stem cell biology, bioprinting and device engineering within a group of about 15 members.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Conducts class-targeted metabolomics and metabolic engineering of plant natural products, using extraction, purification, mass spectrometry and computational structural assignment to support cell-based production of food and medicines. Works in a highly collaborative institute alongside AI and robotics teams on high-throughput analytical procedures, with stage-gated milestones and an active role in IP generation.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Builds and operates a cloud platform for scientific computing, including full-sized GPU clusters, resilient compute, network and storage. Implements auditable CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, Policy-as-Code governance with Kyverno, and foundational monitoring, alerting and SLOs. Partners with research and data teams to deliver self-service capabilities for workloads from Python notebooks to distributed clusters.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Design, build and iterate microfluidic cartridges and prototype instrumentation for a point-of-care metagenomic sequencing diagnostic. Work at the interface between cartridge design and automated actuation, running experiments on fluid behaviour, sealing and timing, and troubleshooting system-level failures alongside microfluidics, microbiology, electronics and firmware specialists.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Builds the data layer for an autonomous lab platform, ingesting high-frequency video, sensor telemetry and robot state across an edge-to-cloud stack using MQTT, Kafka and streaming APIs. Turns raw streams into structured database transactions and a traceable knowledge graph, and shapes data into model-ready formats for vision-language-action and world models alongside AI and robotics researchers.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Lead metabolic engineering and synthetic biology work to manipulate plant respiration, energy status and redox balance, first in cell cultures then in whole plants. Use iterative design-build-test-learn cycles with physiological, imaging and multi-omics phenotyping, contributing to IP and commercial translation within a multidisciplinary institute.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Postdoctoral role in the joint Monera project, building multi-modal generative models of whole organisms starting with E. coli. You will perform high-throughput genome engineering to generate diverse microbial strains and design scalable measurement strategies, working in an integrated computational and experimental team alongside AI scientists.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Develops and implements bioinformatics algorithms for genomic and transcriptomic analysis, applying machine learning to predict complex traits and phenotypes from large-scale plant datasets. Works within a bioinformatics platform team, collaborating with engineers and research scientists to integrate algorithms into production pipelines and translate research questions into analytical milestones.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Develops and scales experimental platforms to test engineered protein variants for photosynthetic efficiency, photoprotection and carbon assimilation. Combines transient plant expression, molecular biology and high-throughput photosynthetic phenotyping, working with computational scientists and protein engineers to inform go/no-go decisions for crop transformation.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Designs and engineers plant specialised metabolism in cell cultures to produce high-value natural products for health and medicine, applying synthetic biology to optimise biosynthetic pathway flux and product tolerance. Works with AI and robotics teams on model-driven engineering and stage-gated milestones, with a focus on IP generation and translating research into commercial solutions.

Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford

Lead the development of a plant cell-based screening platform to evaluate carbon fixation, using quantitative methods and CRISPR-based genome editing in suspension cultures. Apply iterative design-build-test-learn cycles to identify improved photosynthesis enzyme variants and engineered pathways, advancing promising candidates into whole plants. Contribute to IP generation and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.