Senior Scientist, Cell Technology Group

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Oxford Biomedica’s Early Development Group is accountable for the development and expansion of the early product pipeline, working with a network of key opinion leaders and sub-speciality experts.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Scientist to join the team.  The purpose of this role is to be involved in developing new technology for gene and cell therapy products, including CAR-T cells and potentially other engineered cell therapies

Your responsibilities in this role would be:

• Development and improvement of technologies for gene and cell therapy applications with a focus on CAR-T cells or other engineered immune cell therapies
• Development of innovative technology to improve lentiviral vector delivery for gene and cell therapies.
• Lead/manage research in the group
• Independently manage daily research activities and support junior members of staff
• Keep excellent experimental/data records
• Opportunity for direct line management within the Group

To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and experience:

• PhD or equivalent in relevant Bioscience (e.g. immunology, molecular and cellular biology) and demonstrable experience in a research environment (academia or industry).
• Track record in an area of immunotherapy or other cell and gene therapies would be advantageous.
• Excellent lab-based skills with particular emphasis on molecular biology and cell biological techniques including cell culture, cell transfection, lentiviral vector production, multiparameter flow cytometry and ideally immunological assays.
• Good knowledge of transcriptional regulation and experience of designing expression constructs.
• Expertise with primary cell culture (especially immune cells) would be an advantage.
• Experience and knowledge of next generation sequencing methods and indexed/barcoded sequencing approaches would be highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Good attention to detail
• Highly motivated.
• Ability to execute projects to aggressive timelines with the ability to adapt to rapid changes in project priorities.

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