£ 31,916 – £33,910 plus London allowance £5,560 per annum
About the role
We have developed new technology for high-throughput behavioural screening and quantitative phenotyping that opens the door to drug screening and disease modelling at scale. To maximise the impact of this technology, we are now making it available to external users as a service. It will give rare disease patient foundations the opportunity to make in vivo disease models and perform drug repurposing screens at a price that is accessible even for small foundations. We will also provide services to natural products, biotech, and agriculture companies interested in early in vivo data including neuroactivity. The successful candidate will maintain worm cultures of wildtype and disease model strains, perform tracking experiments and assist with lab management.
About you
You will be the founding technician in the newly established Nematode Phenotyping Facility headed by Dr André Brown. In addition to training and experience in high-throughput phenotypic screens, this position will provide an outstanding opportunity for an entrepreneurial scientist to establish connections to foundations and companies, learn technical sales and business development, and help grow a technology organisation from the very beginning. You will be expected to hold BSc or equivalent qualification in biological sciences and have experience in basic laboratory procedures including molecular biology.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. Please follow this link to find out more – Benefits
Athena SWAN
In 2017, the Institute received an Athena SWAN Silver Award to recognize its commitment to advancing women’s careers in science and research.
At the LMS there are three working groups which deliver on the action plan developed for the silver application.
Equality, diversity and wellbeing
The MRC LMS is committed to creating equality of opportunity to all members of the organisation, regardless of their background, and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We observe the Medical Research Council’s Equality and Diversity Vision, which sets out the MRC’s commitment to fulfill its obligations as a public body under the Equality Act 2010.
Technician’s Commitment
The LMS is a signatory to the Technician Commitment, a sector-wide initiative led by the Science Council and the Gatsby Foundation which aims to address the particular career challenges faced by technical and scientific support staff.
We provide opportunities to work alongside some of the top medical researchers on the planet, from our state-of-the-art research facilities.