Junior Research Scientist

The selected candidate will perform their role as Junior Research Scientist in a research and development environment, contributing to the development of the company. Apart from developing the ensilication technology, the role includes day-to-day laboratory duties, such as contributing to H&S matters, equipment/asset registers, equipment sourcing/set-up, utilising specialised equipment, writing SOPs and running analytical instrumentation. This role has flexible working hours with occasional early starts and/or late finishes.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our talented, multidisciplinary, diverse start-up team. The ideal candidate will have an excellent work ethic, uphold high professional standards, have a keen eye for detail, perform well under pressure and maintain clear communication with management and other stakeholders.,

• BSc or MSc in Immunology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or other relevant area



• Minimum 1 year experience in biotech or similar industry



• Right to live and work in the UK



• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)



• Understanding of Good Laboratory Practice



• Experience using biochemical methods such as SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, ELISA, protein assay



• Experience with spectrochemical methods such as FT-IR, UV-vis, Circular Dichroism and DLS


Desirable skills are:


• Understanding of physical and materials chemistry or immunology and molecular biology



• Experience using silica-based materials or electron microscopy



• Experience performing long term stability studies and report writing



• Demonstrable (effective) communication skills



• Excellent documentation skills
  
  Ensilicated Technologies Ltd (EnsiliTech) is increasing their research and development activities focused on stabilising biologicals using their patented ensilication method. EnsiliTech is a young spin-out from the University of Bath, working on making biologicals thermally stable outside the cold-chain using an award winning, patented ensilication technology.