CK Group are recruiting for a Target Validation Scientist, to join a global pharmaceutical company, on a contract basis, initially for 12 months, inside IR35. Salary: £20.68 - £35.00 per hour PAYE or £28.00 - £40.00 per hour Umbrella. Target Validation Scientist Role: You will be part of a multi-disciplinary department, focusing on the discovery, validation, and mechanism of action of novel drug targets for diseases with high unmet patient need. Studying immunological disease pathways and biology, to generate novel insights into potential therapeutic opportunities in areas of unmet need. Setting up new and running new collaborations with state-of the-art researchers on auto-immune relevant biological pathways and disease models with the aim of identifying new disease-drug target links. Performing drug tractability and validation experiments, such as Gain of Function /Loss of Function assays, cell culture, flow cytometry, imaging, and other techniques. Produce detailed experimental write-ups and assist in producing and collating procedures, guidelines and reports. Your Background: Background in immunology or related field. Experience in a range of cellular and molecular biology techniques – for example: cell culture, flow cytometry, high content imaging, IHC, ELISA or MSD, Western blotting, qPCR, transfection/siRNA/CRISPR gene-editing. Experience with use of bioinformatic tools to vis...