ASSAY RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Do you have strong experience in Molecular Biology?

An exciting new opportunity has opened up to join an Assay Team as a Research Scientist within a growing, successful Diagnostics company.

The Research Scientist will be hands on across a wide-variety of responsibilities, working with chemists, physicists and engineers and supporting the development of in-vitro (IVD) diagnostic products in the areas of nucleic acid testing.

You will develop and test new DNA amplification and detection technology.

You will work with Bioinformatics software and data analysis tools.

You will develop and test new PCR based diagnostic assays.

You will be hands on in the areas of nucleic acid amplification, qPCR, wet lab and molecular techniques.

You will comply to ISO 13485 standards.

Skills and Experience:

A PhD (or equivalent experience) in relevant discipline

Industry experience is preferred.

Strong knowledge of Bioinformatics.

Hands on experience in qPCR.

Experience in Molecular techniques and strong knowledge of Molecular Biology.

Detailed knowledge of Nucleic Acid Amplification.

Experience to ISO 13485 would be advantageous but not essential.

Salary: £26k - £40k (dependent on experience)

Permanent contract

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contact Jacob Golding for further details - 0161 839 5353 - jacob@emp-sol.com