🥼 Molecular Biology Specialist

Hoxton Farms • London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom • £38k - £40k / year • 2d ago

We're looking for a Molecular Biology Specialist to join our awesome team.

Your experience with molecular biology and mammalian tissue culture will make you an essential member of our technical team. You will work alongside a brilliant group of scientists and engineers, supporting our journey towards large-scale production of cultivated fat.

At every step, you will play a huge role in shaping the future of food.

This is a fully in-person role.

As a Molecular Biology Specialist, you will collaborate closely with scientists on our R&D team to provide biological insight at every stage of our cell line development pipeline. Your responsibilities will include conducting high-throughput PCR-based assays, designing, implementing and executing molecular biology assays and experiments and assisting in the characterisation of stable engineered cell lines generated by our R&D team. You will spend your time in our molecular biology and tissue culture labs, supporting our entire cell-line development workflow. Your exceptional teamwork, attention to detail and reliability will make you an essential member of our team.

You should have:

A master's degree (or equivalent experience) in molecular biology, biochemistry, synthetic biology or a related discipline
Excellent knowledge of molecular and synthetic biology techniques
Experience with mammalian cell culture
A talent for teamwork and collaboration
Enthusiasm, curiosity and attention to detail

Ideally you'll have experience in some, but not necessarily all, of the following areas:

PCR-based techniques
RNA/DNA extraction and purification
Cell line characterisation
Molecular cloning and sequencing
High-throughput screening
Automated liquid handling

The benefits:

💰 Highly competitive salary (£38-40k per year)

📈 Stock option plan

🏛️ Brand new lab and office in Old Street

🏡 Pension plan (matching up to 5% + salary sacrifice)

🏖️ 25 days' holiday + bank holidays

🚑 Private health insurance

👐 Supportive and collaborative environment

💪 Being part of something amazing

Hoxton Farms is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and belonging.

If you believe you would add value to our company but don’t meet all the criteria, we would still love to hear from you. We especially encourage applications from female+, LGBTQIA+, disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are underrepresented in the tech industry.