Associate Scientist

ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time 35 hours

Location: CRT Cambridge laboratory – Cambridge (Babraham)

Closing date: 15th November 2020, 23:55pm

Cancer Research UK's Therapeutic Discovery Laboratories is the in-house CRUK drug discovery unit with a principal focus on establishing and prosecuting biologically-themed multi-project alliances with industry. Based at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, and the London Bioscience Innovation Centre, London, TDL comprises over 80 staff from both industrial and academic backgrounds.

At TDL we bring together the best minds in basic and clinical cancer research, the rigour and drive of pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and our in-house drug discovery and alliance management capabilities to deliver breakthrough medicines for cancer patients. In recent years, we have established successful alliances with AstraZeneca, Teva Pharmaceuticals, FORMA Therapeutics, Merck KGaA, LifeArc and Celgene. We have also been successful in implementing the alliance model through the formation of spin-out companies, including Artios and iOnctura.

Our laboratories house the personnel and equipment to progress projects from initial hypothesis through to selection of candidate drugs. We couple this with a deep understanding of academic and industrial drivers enabling us to build alliances that satisfy the curiosity of basic research and the rigour of drug discovery.

We are currently looking for an Associate Scientist to join our hard-working team to support us in continuing this amazing work.

Some of the key duties you can expect to have are…

Compounds and sample preparation

Work collaboratively within the Discovery Bioscience team and interact with multi-disciplinary research teams both internally and with external collaborators

Communicate effectively, in line with CRUK-TDL’s culture

Working with the priorities defined by projects

Maintain assigned laboratory equipment and/or duties

Maintain safe and effective working practices

Highly committed, enthusiastic and with a passion for learning

We are looking for someone with…

Essential

HNC/HND/Degree in chemistry, biochemistry, life sciences

Collaboration and team-work

Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail

Customer focused mind

Flexibility and adaptability

Desirable

Understanding of technical complexities of compound/sample management (storage issues, freeze-thaw cycles, degradation, solvent usage)

Storage processes for maintaining compound/biological sample quality

Knowledge in liquid handling and in automation (Beckman, PerkinElmer, Labcyte instruments)

If the above sounds like you, then we want to hear from you. Please see our candidate pack here for a full role profile: https://adobe.ly/3jmY5Cp

Closing date: 15th November 2020, 23:55pm