Job title: R&D Technologist Location: Cambridge Contract Length: 12 months Working Hours: 37.5 hours/week Pay Rate: £15.83 About the Role Opportunity to work in the cutting edge of R&D in the biopharmaceutical industry at a globally leading CDMO. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the delivery of new mammalian expression hosts and vector systems for the expression of complex therapeutic proteins. Engineer mammalian cell lines (e.g. Stable cell line generation, targeted integration and gene editing - e.g. CRISPR-based systems). Generate mammalian expression vectors using state of the art assembly techniques. Phenotypic characterisation of edited cell lines with relevant assays (e.g. NGS, ddPCR, qPCR and flow cytometry) and cell culture techniques (e.g., shake flask/ bioreactor). Collate, analyse, evaluate and sign-off data to produce good quality information and traceable records under the direction of the project lead. Presentation of results in written and oral reports. Work closely with other groups within R&D to deliver solutions or improvements in recombinant protein expression (in particular with R&D Process Development & Protein Analytics) Actively keep abreast of relevant academic literature (e.g., in the field of cell engineering and expression technologies). Contribute ideas and opinions to scientific discussions to aid the development of new technologies. Working both individually and as a team player - work...