Senior Laboratory Research Scientist - UCLH-Crick Legacy Study

The Francis Crick Institute

Location: London

Salary: From £47,080 with benefits, subject to skills & experience

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 8th April 2026

Closes: 28th April 2026

Job Ref: R2621

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, London

Short summary

The Francis Crick Institute is at the forefront of understanding the long-term impacts of COVID-19. This role contributes to two flagship clinical research programmes – the UCLH-Crick Legacy Study and the STIMULATE-ICP trial – which aim to answer the critical questions from the pandemic: Why COVID-19 severity varied globally and what biological mechanisms drive persistent symptoms in people with Long COVID?

Key Responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

• Designing and delivering flow and mass cytometry experiments, including panel selection, preparation, labelling and analysis of PBMC samples.
• Supporting experimental design and sample analysis for proteomic and metabolomic profiling of individuals with acute, resolved and long-term COVID-19 symptoms.

About you

You will have:

• A higher degree (MSc or equivalent) in a biological science or related discipline.*
• Hands-on research experience in flow cytometry, with the ability to generate high-quality experimental data.*
• Experience contributing to experimental design and data analysis, working collaboratively with researchers.*
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with scientists, clinical researchers and support staff.*
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to prioritise work independently and within a team environment.*
• Demonstrated interest in immunology and/or infectious disease research.*
• Commitment to maintaining accurate experimental records and high standards of scientific rigour and reproducibility.*
• Willingness to undertake training and work in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards.*

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.

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