Senior Immunologist

CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Immunologist to join a company in the healthcare industry at their site based in Stevenage on a contract basis for 12 months.
**Salary**:
PAYE £34.81/hr UMB £45.51/hr
**Company**:
Our client at Stevenage employs world-class scientists and is driving cutting-edge innovation. It is the UK's largest cell and gene therapy cluster.
**Location**:
Stevenage. This facility provides world-class research into developing and supplying innovative medicines, vaccines and healthcare products. There is plenty of on-site parking with eating venues and gardens.
**Rewards**:
As a PAYE employee you would be entitled to:

- Pension
- On-line timesheet system
- Paid holidays

**Senior Immunologist Role**:

- Develop cellular assays and determine mechanism of action monogenic IBD genes associated with myeloid and intestinal epithelial cells.
- Contribute to the development of myeloid-intestinal epithelial co-culture systems to investigate cellular mechanisms involved in IBD.
- Work in close collaboration with PIs from academic institutes.
- Perform laboratory experiments, data analysis, record keeping and reporting of results to agreed timelines, and give presentations at internal meetings.
- Ensure compliance with all R&D data integrity practices, ethics codes, standards and training, and safety training and practices.

**Your Background**:

- Science graduate or ideally educated to PhD level in immunology or a related field with additional lab based research experience.
- Practical experience of working with human-derived biological material (blood/tissue)
- Knowledge and practical experience in the isolation of human primary cell types and working with iPSC lines including intestinal epithelial lines.
- Experience and proficient in the running of advanced multi-parametric cellular detection systems such as high-content imaging, flow cytometry, multiplexed immunoassays.
- Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills, interacting with scientists and our academic collaborators at all levels.

**Apply**:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 54273 in all correspondence.