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    • Sandwich

Ansök senast: 2024-07-05

Research Assistant

Publicerad 2024-05-06

This lab-based role will be to support in vivo models of Pain, cognition and epilepsy for preclinical research studies for our client biotech or pharma companies.


Communication skills

·      Responsible for timely, accurate recording of results.

  • Ensures data integrity is maintained through the correct, prescriptive procedure of logging client data.

·      Produces high standard, good quality data to provide to clients, reproducible, without fails.   

·       Uses standard established statistical and analysis packages.

·      Supports data entry and study documentation in relation to ethics and welfare.

·      May start to present results in lab meetings.

·      Consults with supervisor when difficulties arise that cannot be readily resolved.

·      Seeks input as needed from supervisor or other scientific staff for guidance

·      Communicates and collaborates with scientific staff 

·      Reports study deviations to line manager promptly to protect company and client interests

·      Good data entry skills and interpretation of the results, ability to communicate results via informal discussions 

  • Generating and maintaining clear experimental records 
  • May interact with clients when required ,effectively maintaining and building working relationships

Teamwork and building relationships

  • Be an effective, collaborative hands-on member of the in vivo team, contributing to the overall work of the team as required

Drive and initiative

·      Plans day to day tasks which will generally be reviewed and approved by supervisor.

·      Interprets results and makes decisions with support of supervisor on next steps and approaches.

·      Identifies and begins to anticipate, interpret and troubleshoot problems in experimental processes and/or results.

Judgement and problem solving

·      Under supervision, plans and executes a range of study experiments based on established protocols and agreed study design, with clear instructions.

  • Planning and hands-on execution of in vivo preclinical studies 
  • Generating high-quality protocols/study plans and carrying out client study requests within agreed timelines.
  • Has a good understanding of the science of the relevant disease models
  • Ensuring appropriate use of animals in compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal standards 
  • Ensuring all Standard Operating Procedures, Health and Safety and regulatory requirements are adhered to
  • Using best judgment to carry out work to the highest standard
  • Working to the study guidelines without deviation
  • Uses the appropriate statistics and analysis package agreed for that study/model.
  • Ensures data integrity is maintained through the correct, prescriptive procedure of logging client data.


  • Additional benefits:

Workplace pension with company contribution of 4%

Life Assurance

SimplyHealth Cash plan

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