Senior Laboratory Research Scientist

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London, United Kingdom The Francis Crick Institute Full time

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary 

The Francis Crick Institute seeks to recruit a laboratory research scientist with experience in flow cytometry sorting, analysis and data analysis. This role will be pivotal in ensuring the maintenance of a world-class flow cytometry service focusing on expertise in sorting and analysis. The Flow Cytometry STP is a dynamic and interesting place to work and is used by over 90 groups at the Francis Crick Institute, covering a large range of sciences including cancer, immunology, stem cell biology and neuroscience. We are active in providing education and training to users and staff. We provide services in assay development, panel design in mass, spectral and conventional cytometry, instrument training, sorting and data interpretation. 

The role will involve consulting with users to provide the best outcomes for their cytometry experiments. You will actively work with other STPs to enable efficient workflows for users experiments, accelerating their research. 

The flow cytometry team consists of 11 experienced cytometrists working closely with research groups at the Crick to plan, optimise and implement flow cytometry experiments. The STP instrumentation is spread over 3 biological containment levels, (CL) 1 to 3, offering analysis and sorting at each level.

Key Responsibilities

  • Aid in the day to day running of the sorters and analysers.
  • Provide an operator service for the cell sorters.
  • Give consultation on sample preparation and analysis.
  • Develop or adapt new flow cytometry methodologies to enable the researchers’ assays.
  • Assist researchers with analysis and presentation of data.
  • Troubleshoot faulty instruments and liaise with OEM engineers.
  • Organise rotas and coordinate bookings.
  • Train new users as appropriate in cell analysis and cell sorting.
  • Routine maintenance and quality control of cytometers. 

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 (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), 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 in 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 the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

  • If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website, by clicking on the 'Apply' button above.
  • The closing date for applications is 16.04.2024
  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

£39,950 to £45,275 subject to skills and experience



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