Biotechnology Jobs

• Sheffield
• £39,560 – £48,337 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead the design, assembly and clinical validation of a novel dialyser prototype within the Thermofluids Group, testing with blood-mimicking fluids and human blood to assess cleaning efficiency, clotting risk and biocompatibility. Work alongside two other Research Associates covering numerical simulation and experimental fluid dynamics, in collaboration with the Medical School and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

• London
• Senior
• Permanent

Builds generative and predictive models of cellular behaviour from high-content imaging, curating cell painting and brightfield datasets and designing evaluation that separates biological signal from technical artefact. Partners closely with ML scientists and wet lab assay teams, linking imaging readouts to single-cell and perturbation data in a matrixed TechBio environment.

NumPy · pandas · Polars +6

• London
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Early-career scientist role in a Life Sciences team, generating therapeutic hypotheses by mining in-house genomic data with statistical methods to identify and triage drug targets. Also develops and optimises polygenic risk score tools for patient stratification, working with omic data using statistical and AI/ML approaches and communicating findings to internal and external stakeholders.

Git · GitHub · WDL +4

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

Lead an ARIA-funded project characterising engineered lipid nanoparticles that target lung-mediated immune regulation, with a focus on macrophage-driven innate immune mechanisms. Work spans mouse models, flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy within a multi-university consortium, based at York with some remote working.

Flow Cytometry · Fluorescence Microscopy

• 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

• Cambridge
• £37,694 – £46,049 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Conducts molecular virology research on viral cross-species transmission, using cell culture, molecular cloning, viral reverse genetics and functional infection assays. Plans and analyses experiments, maintains records and contributes to manuscripts within a collaborative team at CITIID. Fixed-term for one year in the first instance.

Viral Reverse Genetics · Small Animal Models

• Newcastle upon Tyne
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent

Graduate-level role in a cancer diagnostics R&D team, generating and evaluating antibodies and detection methods for in vitro diagnostic assays on manual and automated staining systems. Involves laboratory work, literature and competitor reviews, and contributing to product development, verification and validation in a regulated environment, with training in histopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Automated Staining Systems · Manual Staining Systems

• Maidenhead
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Director · manages people

Leads scientific safety assessments for assigned medicinal products, partnering with Medical Safety Officers to prepare analyses and evaluations for regulatory compliance. Supports Safety Management Teams, conducts proactive safety data reviews, and serves as product point of contact, with hybrid working requiring three days on site.

Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft PowerPoint

• Edinburgh
• Mid-level · manages people

Oversee a transgenic facility producing around 100 genetically modified animal models annually, advising researchers on project design and methodologies. Lead and develop three specialist technical staff while managing cryobanks, budgets, cost-recovery and regulatory compliance. The role combines hands-on molecular biology and transgenesis expertise with operational leadership in a university-linked biomedical research setting.

• Waltham, United States
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$284,250 – US$473,750 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads a team of early clinical development medical directors and clinical scientists, owning Phase I/II clinical development plans including first-in-human, dose-escalation and proof-of-concept studies in lung and head/neck cancers. Bridges preclinical discovery and clinical development, driving translational and biomarker strategy, regulatory submissions and cross-functional matrix teams.

AI/ML

• Stevenage
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$284,250 – US$473,750 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads a team of medical directors and clinical scientists designing and executing early-phase oncology trials, including first-in-human, dose-escalation and proof-of-concept studies, while bridging preclinical discovery and clinical development. Accountable for clinical development plans, benefit-risk, regulatory submissions and translational biomarker strategy across lung and head/neck cancer assets.

AI/ML

• Sheffield
• £39,560 – £41,885 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Contribute to a research programme analysing explanted polymeric medical devices, investigating how implant degradation, tissue responses and patient-specific factors drive complications. Establish experimental and sample-handling workflows, develop lab methods to characterise tissue and immune responses, and collaborate with academic, clinical, regulatory and patient partners including Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Cambridge.

• Lancaster
• £33,002 – £37,694 pa

Support a collaborative project developing materials for sustainable agriculture, using materials preparation, characterisation and in vitro biological testing to study how material properties affect plant interactions. The post also involves prototype validation, health and safety implementation and laboratory work within a rapidly expanding chemistry department.

• 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