Senior Laboratory Research Scientist

Short summary

We are seeking a Senior Laboratory Research Scientist (SLRS) to support the scientific, operational and technical delivery of the Cell Science STP.

Working closely with the STP Lead, Deputy Head and Principal Laboratory Research Scientist (PLRS), you will play a key role in the management and development of large-scale cell culture production, ensuring the platform continues to deliver an outstanding service to researchers across the institute.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experience scientist with strong expertise in tissue culture and large-scale cell production who enjoys combining hands-on scientific work with mentoring, troubleshooting, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

• Supporting the day-to-day operation of the Cell Science STP and large-scale cell culture production workflows.
• Providing scientific and technical support to researchers and the wider laboratory team.
• Troubleshooting complex cell culture and technical challenges across the platform.
• Implementing and improving quality control processes and ensuring SOP compliance.
• Supporting staff training, mentoring and development.
• Building collaborations with research groups and supporting new services and technologies across the institute.
• Contributing to reporting, workflow optimisation and continuous improvement activities within the facility.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it to the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.