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Postdoctoral Research Assistant - MRC PPU - UOD2185 Posted on 23 February 2026 Reference: UOD2185 MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU): The MRC PPU is one of the world's most renowned centres for research on protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation (). Many world-leading researchers in the field of signal transduction have trained within the MRC PPU. The major aims of the MRC PPU are to advance understanding of the role of protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation in cell regulation and human disease, to facilitate the development of drugs to treat diseases caused by abnormalities in phosphorylation, and to generate reagents and improve technologies. The Project: Identification of Cellular Substrates and Functions for Atypical E3 Ligases We are recruiting for an exceptional individual to join us as a Postdoctoral researcher within our MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit. This is a fixed-term appointment for 36 months. Background: The traditional view of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) centres on the formation of isopeptide bonds between the C-terminus of ubiquitin and substrate lysine residues. However, recent breakthroughs have identified a "non-lysine" frontier. We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Assistant to investigate the biochemical mechanisms and cellular roles of MYCBP2 (a threonine-directed ester-E3) and RNF213 (a lipid-directed E3). The Role: The successful candidate will utilise a multidisciplinary approach combining advanced mass spectrometry workflows, cell biology and biochemistry to: Develop and deploy new technologies to enrich and identify novel ester-linked or non-proteinaceous ubiquitin Characterise the "atypical ubiquitome" of MYCBP2 and RNF213 in response to neurotrophic factors and immunological stress Elucidate the structural basis for substrate recognition and non-canonical chemistry using biochemical analysis Requirements: A Ph.D. in Biochemistry, cell biology, or a related discipline. Expertise in biochemistry, mammalian cell biology and structural biology. Experience with E3 ligase biochemistry or Ubl-signaling. A strong publication record. We Offer: Access to state-of-the-art life science facilities including MS-proteomics and cryo-EM. A collaborative environment for multidisciplinary research. Support for independent fellowship applications. 1. Squair, D.R., Virdee, S. A new dawn beyond lysine ubiquitination. Nat Chem Biol 18, 802-811 (2022), 2. Pao et al. Activity-based E3 ligase profiling uncovers an E3 ligase with esterification activity. Nature 556, 381-385 (2018), doi:10.1038/s-1 Your priorities will include: Molecular biology-based molecule cloning and construct design Design and implementation of engineered cell lines Development of novel PTM enrichment workflows for mass spectrometry Biochemical and structural characterisation Maintenance of lab records comprehensive What we're looking for: Experience with the ubiquitin system Experience with biochemistry and cell culture methods For further information about this position please contact Satpal Virdee at . To find out more about MRC PPU please visit Monday, 23 March 2026, 23:59 Apply as an external candidate If you do not currently work for the University of Dundee, you can apply using this button. If you are currently working for the University of Dundee, you can apply via OneUniversity using this button. Navigate to 'My Recruitment', then 'Available Jobs'. Our recruitment service is provided by a third party. If you are encountering barriers in relation to accessibility, please review the accessibility statement for help and assistance. Work for the University of Dundee Find job vacancies and become part of our thriving, supportive, and inclusive community

Chemistry Procurement & Inventory Specialist (Product Operations) About Chemify Chemify is creating a future where the access to important molecules, drugs and new materials currently unimaginable are instantly accessible radically increasing the speed of innovation, quality of life, and reach of humanity. The company is building the infrastructure to digitize chemistry to design, make, and discover new molecules with the desired function and properties instantly and on-demand. Chemify has built a platform that combines purpose-built programming languages, robotics, AI, and the world's largest and continuously growing database of chemical programs to accelerate chemical discovery to new, transformative heights. Chemify is supported by some of the best investors from Silicon Valley and across the world, including Triatomic Capital, BlueYard ventures, DCVC, Founders Fund, and others. Job Purpose Reporting to the Head of Product Operations, the Chemistry Procurement & Inventory Specialist is responsible for the timely and cost-effective purchasing of chemicals across Chemify's projects. The Chemistry Procurement and Inventory Specialist will also work closely with Chemify's procurement team to provide insight to help direct Chemify's procurement strategy. The role holder will work closely with members of the chemistry department, project teams, procurement team, and suppliers to source scientifically appropriate materials while balancing cost, availability, and lead times. The post holder will proactively manage inventory levels across multiple projects, communicate with the project operations team to anticipate future project needs, manage chemical supplier relationships, and supports optimization and development of scalable procurement processes, systems and SOPs. Key Responsibilities Procurement & Sourcing: Use Chemify's procurement system to identify, source, and order chemical reagents, intermediates, and related materials. Apply chemical expertise to recognise and evaluate alternative forms of the same compound, including but not limited to: Different salts or counter-ions Solutions at different concentrations or in different solvents Protected/deprotected intermediates Different grades or physical forms Identify and verify CAS numbers, chemical names, structures, and specifications prior to ordering. Compare and evaluate multiple suppliers for availability, reliability, price, lead time, pack size, and quality. Place accurate purchase orders, ensuring correct material, pricing, delivery timelines, and project allocation. Work with finance to improve the controls, quality, audits, and efficiency of processes. Work with the Quality and Operations department to implement and continuously improve business critical activities related to the supply chain. Build strong working relationships with vendors. Negotiate supply agreements with vendors to maximize savings on repeat purchases from high grossing vendors. Approving suppliers and maintaining the approved supplier schedule for purchase of chemicals used in manufacture. Develop effective and stage-appropriate processes for order requests, fulfilment, and delivery. Take-on growing responsibilities during the transformation of the company from an R&D-stage organization to a commercial power house. Inventory & Stock Management: Maintain defined minimum stock levels for frequently used chemicals and intermediates. Monitor inventory levels and proactively trigger re orders to avoid project delays. Identify opportunities for stock rationalisation, consolidation, or cost reduction. Track backorders, delayed deliveries, and supplier issues, escalating where necessary. Project & Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with chemistry, project, and product teams to understand current and upcoming material needs across all active projects. Regularly review project pipelines to anticipate future demand. Act as a point of contact for procurement related queries from scientific teams. Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders on availability, lead times, substitutions, and constraints. Ensure procurement data is accurately recorded and maintained within internal systems. Support the development, documentation, and continuous improvement of procurement-related SOPs and workflows. Contribute to process improvements that enhance efficiency, scalability, traceability, and data quality. Support automation and digital approaches to chemical sourcing and inventory management where appropriate. General Responsibilities: It is expected that individuals will, from time to time, be required to assist with certain procedures that are outside the definition of their role. As part of internal training and on going development programmes, employees may be required to perform duties that are defined for a higher level prior to achieving promotion. In this instance, full training and supervision will be provided to ensure that no work is compromised. Duties may be assigned by the line manager and/or CEO/COO/CTO, as appropriate. Compliance Responsibilities Health and Safety: Comply with the company Health & Safety Policy at all times. Follow all relevant H&S regulations when handling, ordering, or storing chemicals. Report hazards, deviations, or improvement opportunities to H&S representatives or management. Promote safe working practices across procurement and operations activities. Quality: Comply with the company Quality Policy at all times. Work closely with Quality and Operations teams to support and maintain Chemify's Quality Management System (QMS). Ensure procurement activities align with Good Scientific Practice and relevant ISO standards (e.g. ISO 9001:2015). Support investigations, CAPAs, and client complaints related to materials or suppliers where required. Participate in internal and external audits, inspections, and self inspections as needed. Contribute to the creation, review, and implementation of SOPs, work instructions, and forms. Promote risk based thinking and process driven approaches within procurement and operations. Essential Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a closely related scientific discipline. Essential Experience and Knowledge Strong practical understanding of organic chemistry, reagents, and intermediates. Ability to recognise chemical equivalence across different forms (salts, solvates, solutions, protecting groups, etc.). Experience sourcing chemicals from commercial suppliers (e.g. catalogue suppliers, custom vendors, CROs). Familiarity with CAS numbers, chemical nomenclature, and material specifications. Experience using procurement, inventory, or ERP systems. Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities in a fast paced environment. Ability to communicate and work effectively with scientists, operations staff, and suppliers. Proficient in Microsoft Office and/or equivalent productivity tools. Core Skills and Competencies Strong organisational and time management skills. Analytical and problem solving mindset. Clear written and verbal communication (fluent in English). Collaborative team player with a proactive approach. Strong attention to detail and high standards of data accuracy. Desired Experience and Knowledge Master's degree or PhD in Chemistry. Experience in a laboratory, CRO, CDMO, or technology enabled chemistry environment. Experience with chemical inventory management systems. Familiarity with supplier qualification and quality considerations. Interest in automation, digital chemistry platforms, or data driven operations. Understanding of regulated environments and quality systems. Location Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW Department Supply Chain Job Title Chemistry Procurement & Inventory Specialist (Product Operations)

About The Role EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. We're looking to recruit a Section Engineer with Structures experience to join our team in the Brackley area. The Section Engineer will manage junior engineers and assist the Sub Agent in construction operations. You will be required to report to the Sub Agent and supervise the site engineering team from construction to close out. You will assist with temporary works design schemes and liaise with the Sub Agent and Section Foreman to allocate labour, plant and materials. You must ensure work activities are carried out to the required standards, programme, and budget. You'll be responsible for managing the site setting out team and be responsible for the performance and development of the Site Engineers and also for identifying and resolving technical problems on site. Monitoring and coordinating subcontractors in the performance of their works, ensuring they are completed to the contractual requirements. Ensuring that the team have all current information and resources required to carry out their duties. You will be required to assist with the production of programmes, progress reports, resource and cost plans and contribute to financial forecasting. About Us EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high speed rail projects. EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work. If you would like to be part of our collaborative, enthusiastic and forward-thinking culture, then please apply today. In return, we're offering a competitive salary & benefits. EKFB brings together international, market leading technical expertise. We have an industry leading track record of delivering major infrastructure projects, including Crossrail, the Millau Viaduct, Mersey gateway and the Bretagne-Pays de la Loire High Speed Rail link. We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; this is why we welcome applications from different backgrounds, experiences and abilities. Our aim is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels they are able to be themselves. Please contact us if there is any additional support you might require making an application. Please note your CV may be shared with joint venture partners on this project. Pre-employment checks: It's worth remembering that we'll undertake the relevant/standard employment checks if you're successful in the selection process. This includes taking up your references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks. NB. BPSS security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process) About You Key Skills and Qualifications: HNC/Degree (Construction/Civil Engineering related) or equivalent and working towards institute membership(ICE) Demonstration of knowledge and practical application of Site Engineering activities combined with construction supervision skills. Experience in heavy structures is essential for this role SMSTS is required CSCS White; White/Yellow; Red - Experienced; Black - Manager or Gold - Supervisor Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is required

Are you a curious and open-minded individual with an interest in conducting state-of-the-art foundational machine learning research? Thomson Reuters Labs is seeking Research Scientists with a passion for building complex agent-based AI systems in a data-rich, complex academic environment driven by real-world problems. Foundational Research is the dedicated core Machine Learning research division of Thomson Reuters. We are focused on research and development, with a particular focus on advanced algorithms and training techniques for Large Language Models (LLMs). We are building a strong foundation of research capabilities across different areas and are looking for scientists who participate in designing, coding, conducting experiments, translating findings into concrete deliverables and engaging with the academic community. Our focus areas are: LLM Training (Continued Pretraining, Instruction Tuning, Reinforcement Learning Alignment, Distributed Training, Efficient ML techniques) Post-training techniques for planning, reasoning & complex workflows (e.g., Reasoning Models, LLMs + Knowledge Graphs, Test time compute, CoT pipelines, Tool use & API calling, etc.) Data-centric Machine Learning (Synthetic Data, Curriculum Learning, Learned datamixtures, etc.) Evaluation (Benchmarks, Human-in-the-loop, red teaming/Adversarial Testing, Hallucination detection, ) We work collaboratively both with TR Labs (TR's applied research division), academic partners at world-leading research institutions and subject matter experts with decades of experience. We experiment, prototype, test, and deliver ideas in the pursuit of smarter and more valuable models trained on an unprecedented wealth of data and powered by state-of-the-art technical infrastructure. Through our unique institutional experience, we have access to an unprecedented number of subject matter experts involved in data collection, testing and evaluation of trained models. As a Research Scientist, you will play a key part in a diverse global team of experts. We hire world-leading specialists in ML/NLP/GenAI, as well as Engineering, to drive the company's leading internal AI model development. You will have the opportunity to publish your research findings as well as contribute to our proprietary AI model research & development. Thomson Reuters Labs is known for consistently delivering successful data-driven ML solutions in pursuit of academic excellence and support of high-growth products that serve Thomson Reuters customers in new and exciting ways. About the role In this opportunity, as a Research Scientist you will: Innovate: You will innovate and create new state-of-the-art Agent AI/LLM Agent approaches at the cutting edge of AI research. You will contribute ideas and work on solving real-world challenges using a wealth of data in agentic contexts. Experiment and develop: You are involved in the entire research & model development lifecycle, brainstorming, coding, testing, and delivering high-quality reports at leading international academic conferences. Collaborate: Working on a collaborative global team of research engineers both within Thomson Reuters and our academic partners at world-leading universities. Communicate: Actively engage in sharing our technical findings with the wider community through contributions to seminars, lectures, conferences and/or the sharing of publications and/or technical assets (data & models). About you You're a fit for the role if your background includes: Completed or in the process of obtaining PhD in a relevant discipline. First-author publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, ICLR) with specific focus on agent systems, tool use, or multi-agent coordination. Familiarity with one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, ). Excellent communication skills to report and present research findings and developments clearly, both orally and in writing. Curious and innovative disposition capable of devising novel, well-founded algorithmic solutions to relevant problems. Self-driven attitude and ability of working with limited supervision. Comfortable in working in fast-paced, agile environments, managing uncertainty and ambiguity. Preferred qualifications High-impact publications in top-tier conferences or other influence in the research community. Experience in ML Research beyond completing a PhD (e.g. supervision, industry experience, leading academic initiatives, ). Extensive experience with deep learning frameworks and large-scale model training. Extensive experience working on agent-based systems, tool-using AI, or multi-agent coordination in LLM contexts (e.g. startup, industry, or extensive open-source experience). Strong software and/or infrastructure engineering skills and ensuring well-managed software delivery, as evidenced by code contributions to popular open-source libraries or writing production code. Experience training large-scale models over distributed nodes with cloud tools and providers such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, LambdaLabs or Google Cloud. You will enjoy Learning and development: On-the-job coaching and learning as well as the opportunity to work with cutting-edge methods and technologies. Plenty of data, compute, and high-impact problems: Our scientists and engineers get to explore large datasets and discover new capabilities and insights. Thomson Reuters is best known for the globally respected Reuters News agency, but our company is also the leading source of information for legal, corporate, and tax & accounting professionals. We have over 60,000 TBs worth of legal, regulatory, news, and tax data. We also provide access to all major cloud computing platforms to our researchers and engineers. Competitive compensation & benefits packages: The opportunity to earn while learning new skills. What's in it for you? Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together. Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world. About Us Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status . click apply for full job details

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionaryscientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators and innovators to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Climate Change & Managing CO Artificial Intelligence & Robotics This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at . Welcome to the Pathogen Project: Within this ecosystem, the Pathogen Project exemplifies EIT's dedication to ground-breaking science. It seeks to transform pathogen risk management, detection and response by leveraging Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)-based metagenomic and pathogen-specific analytical tools. The goal is to power metagenomic devices using long-read sequencing technologies by building a comprehensive database of pathogen information to inform response. Enabled by Oracle Inc.'s cloud-computing scale and security, the Pathogen Project is advancing toward certified diagnostic tools for deployment in laboratories, hospitals, and public health organisations worldwide. Your Role: At EIT, we're seeking an experienced and detail orientated Senior Scientist, Biotechnology, to contribute to the early stage development of a device based metagenomic pathogen detection platform within EIT Oxford's Pathogen Programme. This work focuses on establishing proof of concept for a modular workflow enabling infectious disease diagnosis at or near the point of care. In this laboratory based role, you will design and execute hypothesis led experiments to interrogate and iteratively refine nucleic acid extraction, purification, and manipulation workflows within a fluidic device architecture. You will apply quantitative characterisation, controlled comparisons, and mechanistic insight to drive system level improvements and systematically reduce technical uncertainty through disciplined, evidence based experimentation. You will bring strong expertise and demonstrable experience developing nucleic acid handling or enzyme based systems. Experience with surface chemistry, microfluidic environments, polymer or material interfaces, or low input nucleic acid workflows is advantageous. You should be comfortable operating in an exploratory, data driven research environment, using structured experimentation, quantitative analysis, and rapid, evidence guided iteration to navigate ambiguity and progress early stage technology development. Key Responsibilities: Designing and executing statistically robust, hypothesis-driven experiments with appropriate controls to isolate key variables and generate reproducible, decision informing data. Applying structured experimental design approaches (e.g. factorial design, parameter sweeps, sensitivity analysis) to systematically explore design space and identify critical performance drivers. Investigating the physicochemical principles underlying nucleic acid adsorption, elution, surface interactions, and partitioning within device materials and reagent systems. Characterising enzyme-substrate interactions under non ideal conditions, including the effects of inhibitors, ionic strength, crowding, and surface chemistry on catalytic efficiency and fidelity. Developing and applying quantitative analytical frameworks to define performance metrics, establish baselines, and guide iterative optimisation across workflow stages. Systematically identifying sources of variability and technical risk, quantifying their impact, and prioritising mitigation strategies based on experimental evidence and expected effect size. Translating mechanistic findings into clear design recommendations that inform workflow architecture, reagent formats, surface treatments, and fluid handling strategies during iterative prototype development. Working closely with engineers to align biochemical and chemical requirements with device design constraints and integration priorities. Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience: PhD (or equivalent experience) in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, or a closely related discipline. Deep expertise in characterising biomolecular systems, including quantitative analysis of enzyme kinetics, binding interactions, and nucleic acid chemistry under non ideal or constrained conditions. Demonstrated ability to design controlled experiments that distinguish mechanistic effects from artefact in complex, multi variable systems. Experience with surface functionalisation and bioconjugation strategies, including immobilisation of polynucleotides, enzymes, antibodies, or other biomolecules onto solid supports or device relevant materials. Strong understanding of nucleic acid purification, separation, and manipulation, including the chemical principles governing adsorption, elution, and stability. Hands on experience in assay development and analytical method development using quantitative performance criteria, reproducibility standards, and data driven decision making. Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience: Experience quantifying non nucleic acid chemical species (e.g. inhibitors, contaminants, residual reagents) within multi step laboratory workflows. Demonstrated ability to interrogate the physicochemical behaviour of polynucleotides, enzymes, and related analytes within complex or miniaturised systems. Familiarity with library preparation chemistries and sequencing workflows, including Oxford Nanopore and other next generation sequencing platforms, with awareness of upstream chemical constraints affecting downstream performance. Experience working with microfluidic systems, polymer interfaces, or material-biomolecule interactions. Key Attributes: Scientific and Technical Expertise Proven ability to design, implement, and troubleshoot bioconjugation and surface based assays within integrated workflows. Experience quantifying and mitigating chemical carryover, inhibitory species, or cross contamination in complex, multi stage processing systems. Familiarity with biosafety practices and sterile technique for handling human derived or high pathogen environmental samples. Evidence of innovation and technical leadership in early stage technology development (e.g. patents, publications, translational research contributions, or commercial product development). Team Working and Project Management Ability to define experimental workstreams, set measurable technical objectives, and deliver clear outputs aligned with programme milestones. Experience communicating quantitative and mechanistic findings in a manner that informs engineering and architectural decisions. Demonstrated cross disciplinary collaboration across biology, chemistry, engineering, data science, or related fields. Soft Skills Strong analytical and problem solving mindset with a disciplined, evidence led experimental approach. Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non technical audiences. Ability to prioritise work based on impact, manage multiple parallel investigations, and operate effectively in a rapidly evolving research environment. Our Benefits: Salary: Competitive + travel allowance + bonus Enhanced holiday pay Pension Life Assurance Income Protection Private Medical Insurance Hospital Cash Plan Therapy Services Perk Box Electric Car Scheme Working Together - What It Involves: You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. In certain cases, we can consider sponsorship, and this will be assessed on a case by case basis. For this role we would expect someone to be fully on site in Oxford You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate).

# Our Privacy Statement & Cookie Policy Foundational Research is the dedicated core Machine Learning research division of Thomson Reuters. We are focused on research and development, with a particular focus on advanced algorithms and training techniques for Large Language Models (LLMs). We are building a strong foundation of research capabilities across different areas and are looking for scientists who participate in designing, coding, conducting experiments, translating findings into concrete deliverables and engaging with the academic community. Our focus areas are: LLM Training (Continued Pretraining, Instruction Tuning, Reinforcement Learning Alignment, Distributed Training, Efficient ML techniques) Post-training techniques for planning, reasoning & complex workflows (e.g., Reasoning Models, LLMs + Knowledge Graphs, Test time compute, CoT pipelines, Tool use & API calling, etc.) Data-centric Machine Learning (Synthetic Data, Curriculum Learning, Learned datamixtures, etc.) Evaluation (Benchmarks, Human-in-the-loop, red teaming/Adversarial Testing, Hallucination detection, )We work collaboratively both with TR Labs (TR's applied research division), academic partners at world-leading research institutions and subject matter experts with decades of experience. We experiment, prototype, test, and deliver ideas in the pursuit of smarter and more valuable models trained on an unprecedented wealth of data and powered by stateof-the-art technical infrastructure. Through our unique institutional experience, we have access to an unprecedented number of subject matter experts involved in data collection, testing and evaluation of trained models. As a Research Scientist, you will play a key part in a diverse global team of experts. We hire world-leading specialists in ML/NLP/GenAI, as well as Engineering, to drive the company's leading internal AI model development. You will have the opportunity to publish your research findings as well as contribute to our proprietary AI model research & development. Thomson Reuters Labs is known for consistently delivering successful data- driven ML solutions in pursuit of academic excellence and support of high-growth products that serve Thomson Reuters customers in new and exciting ways. About the role In this opportunity, as a Research Scientist you will: Innovate: You will innovate and create new state-of-the-art Agent AI/LLM Agent approaches at the cutting edge of AI research. You will contribute ideas and work on solving real-world challenges using a wealth of data in agentic contexts. Experiment and Develop: You are involved in the entire research & model development lifecycle, brainstorming, coding, testing, and delivering high-quality reports at leading international academic conferences. Collaborate: Working on a collaborative global team of research engineers both within Thomson Reuters and our academic patterns at world-leading universities. Communicate: Actively engage in sharing our technical findings with the wider community through contributions to seminars, lectures, conferences and/or the sharing of publications and/or technical assets (data & models). About you You're a fit for the role if your background includes: Required qualifications: Completed or in the process of obtaining PhD in a relevant discipline. First-author publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, ICLR) with specific focus on agent systems, tool use, or multi-agent coordination Familiarity with one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g. pytorch, jax, tensorflow, ) Excellent communication skills to report and present research findings and developments clearly, both orally and in writing. Curious and innovative disposition capable of devising novel, well-founded algorithmic solutions to relevant problems. Self-driven attitude and ability of working with limited supervision. Comfortable in working in fast-paced, agile environments, managing uncertainty and ambiguity Preferred qualifications : High-impact publications in top-tier conferences or other influence in the research community. Experience in ML Research beyond completing a PhD (e.g. supervision, industry experience, leading academic initiatives, ). Extensive experience with deep learning frameworks and large-scale model training. Extensive experience working on agent-based systems, tool-using AI, or multi-agent coordination in LLM contexts (e.g. startup, industry, or extensive open-source experience). Strong software and/or infrastructure engineering skills and ensuring well-managed software delivery, as evidenced by code contributions to popular open-source libraries or writing production code. Experience training large-scale models over distributed nodes with cloud tools and providers such as Amazon AWS, MS Azure, LambdaLabs or Google Cloud. You will enjoy: Learning and development: On-the-job coaching and learning as well as the opportunity to work with cutting-edge methods and technologies. Plenty of data, compute, and high-impact problems: Our scientists and engineers get to explore large datasets and discover new capabilities and insights. Thomson Reuters is best known for the globally respected Reuters News agency, but our company is also the leading source of information for legal, corporate, and tax & accounting professionals. We have over 60,000 TBs worth of legal, regulatory, news, and tax data. We also provide access to all major cloud computing platforms to our researchers and engineers. Competitive compensation & benefits packages: The opportunity to earn while learning new skills Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together. Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together

Join us at EIT: At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators and innovators to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture Climate Change & Managing CO Artificial Intelligence & Robotics This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at . Welcome to the Plant Biology Institute: The Plant Biology Institute, headed by Professor Steve Kelly, is a key part of the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford. The institute aims to develop impactful and commercially sustainable solutions for improving global food production and planetary health through pioneering plant science research. The Plant Biology Institute will unite world-class researchers who are focused on expanding the frontiers of plant science. Our research is focused on enhancing our ability to feed the planet while simultaneously improving the climate and ecosystem outcomes of food production. By embedding cutting edge plant science research within an organisation that is focused on solving global challenges at scale, we aim to accelerate the timeline from discovery to global impact. Areas of exploration include: Improved plant productivity, both indoors and outside. Reduced reliance on inputs including water, fertilisers, pesticides, and herbicides. Novel decarbonised plant based production platforms for food and medicines. Advanced technologies that speed up discovery and deployment in plants. Researchers will have access to state of the art laboratory and plant growth facilities and have opportunities to collaborate with experts at the forefront of research on AI, automation, and generative biology across the EIT ecosystem. They will also work with global leaders in market development, commercialisation, and impact creation. The Plant Biology Institute has long term substantial funding to support the unique scale and ambition of its vision. Your Role: The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is seeking a highly organised and experienced Laboratory Manager to oversee the day to day running of one of the laboratories within the Plant Biology Institute (PBI). Reporting to and working closely with the Head of Lab Management, this role is responsible for ensuring that the laboratory operates safely, effectively, and in alignment with the overarching strategic direction set for laboratory operations across PBI. The Laboratory Manager will support the Head of Lab Management in the development and continuous improvement of laboratory processes, and will lead on the implementation of agreed systems, standards, and operational initiatives within their designated lab. They will ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and quality requirements; coordinate equipment maintenance and resource allocation; optimise workflows; and maintain audit readiness. Acting as a key operational lead within the lab, the postholder will provide a clear and structured channel of communication to the Head of Lab Management, proactively identifying risks, operational challenges, and opportunities for improvement. This includes escalating issues related to workflows, safety, compliance, or resourcing as appropriate. Through effective coordination with scientific staff, facilities, procurement, and other stakeholders, the Laboratory Manager will play a vital role in enabling high quality research delivery, operational resilience, and a collaborative, well managed laboratory environment. Your Responsibilities: Facility Management and Team Leadership: Oversee daily facilities of the laboratories, ensuring efficient workflow and adherence to quality standards. Recruit and manage a team of laboratory technicians including training, and mentoring team members to ensure optimal performance and professional development.Work with laboratory technicians and the technical procurement specialist to ensure the laboratory is properly maintained and organised, with all equipment, consumables, and reagents available for research projects. Manage laboratory facilities, including cleanliness, space optimisation, and ensuring that all equipment and instruments are operational. Operational Support: Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for relevant laboratory processes, ensuring consistency and compliance with quality standards. Maintain library of up to date COSHH forms and risk assessments for all relevant substances within the laboratory and ensure regular monitoring, review, and updating as necessary. Troubleshoot technical and operational issues in workflows and provide solutions to prevent delays in project timelines. Manage access / use of equipment including establishment of appropriate training procedures for new users. Optimise laboratory space and equipment usage to support the work of a rapidly growing research team while maintaining flexibility for diverse research projects. Implement and enforce laboratory safety procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, such as GM licence requirements, GLP, ISO, and other relevant standards. Manage, maintain and ensure all training records for all relevant equipment and safety courses are up to date. Deliver safe use training on high specification communal equipment for users e.g. ultracentrifuges, biological safety cabinets. Provide a first line response to troubleshoot equipment problems. Inventory and Supply Chain Management: Working alongside the technical procurement specialist, laboratory technicians and relevant finance departments, manage inventory levels for laboratory consumables, reagents, and critical supplies, ensuring uninterrupted operations. Track and maintain proper documentation of inventory and ensure the timely ordering of supplies to avoid stockouts or delays. Maintain a system for tracking the usage, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. To coordinate significant equipment purchases. Quality Assurance and Compliance: Oversee compliance with relevant safety, regulatory, and quality standards (e.g., GLP and ISO regulations) in all aspects of laboratory operations including GMO assurance and compliance working with Health and Safety experts. Implement and maintain quality control (QC) processes for relevant processing workflows, ensuring high accuracy and reproducibility of results. Participate in internal and external audits and inspections, ensuring the lab meets all compliance requirements. Ensure proper documentation of processes, workflows, and sample handling procedures in accordance with regulatory requirements. Essential Skills, Qualifications & Experience: Educated to a minimum of BSc up to PhD in a relevant field. Extensive laboratory experience complemented by demonstrated success in managing or supervising teams. Strong background in Plant Sciences, with familiarity with the requirements of molecular biology techniques, cell culture, Plant growth Familiarity with laboratory safety protocols, regulatory requirements, and quality management systems (e.g., GLP, ISO). Experience managing laboratory operations, including planning, coordinating, and supervising workflows. Knowledge of plant growth systems, tissue culture, propagation techniques, and associated laboratory equipment. Experience developing, implementing, and monitoring standard operating procedures (SOPs) and compliance with health, safety, and regulatory requirements. Our Benefits: Salary dependent on experience + travel allowance + bonus Enhanced holiday + options to buy additional days Pension Life Assurance Income Protection Private Medical Insurance Hospital Cash Plan Therapy Services Perk Box Electric Car Scheme Childcare benefit Working Together - What It Involves: You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. In certain cases, we can consider sponsorship, and this will be assessed on a case by case basis. You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate).

A leading construction joint venture in the United Kingdom seeks a Sub Agent to join their team in Buckinghamshire. This freelance role requires assisting with construction strategies, managing site engineering teams, and liaising with various stakeholders to ensure projects meet quality and safety standards. Candidates should have relevant qualifications in Civil Engineering or Construction, experience in site engineering activities, and hold a CSCS card and SMSTS certification. The company values inclusiveness and offers competitive salary and benefits.

About The Role EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineer and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. We're looking for a Sub Agent on a freelance basis, to join our team based in Buckinghamshire. Our Sub Agent will need to assist with the construction strategy, this includes kick off meetings, pre commencement documentation such as Method Statements, Environmental and Quality Plans, Construction programmes, procurement, and design deliverable schedules. You must be able to liaise with our Agent and Section Foreman to allocate labour, plant, materials and temporary works to carry out the activities to the required standards, programme and budget. You'll also manage the site engineering team and be responsible for the performance and development of site and Section Engineers. You'll be assisting with the co ordination of construction operations, ensuring they conform to the contract requirements and the required level of safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) is a key part of this role. Assistance will also be required with the production of programmes, progress reports, resource and cost plans and contribute to financial forecasting, site measurement, material reconciliations and cost control. About Us EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing, and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high speed rail projects. EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work. If you would like to be part of our collaborative, enthusiastic and forward thinking culture, then please apply today. In return, we're offering a competitive salary & benefits. EKFB brings together international, market leading technical expertise. We have an industry leading track record of delivering major infrastructure projects, including Crossrail, the Millau Viaduct, Mersey gateway and the Bretagne Pays de la Loire High Speed Rail link. We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; we welcome applications from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. Our aim is to be an exemplar employer of choice and to continue to strengthen our inclusive working environments, where everyone feels they truly belong and are able to bring their whole and authentic selves to work. Many of our people work flexibly and we will be happy to talk with you about how this could work for you. EKFB are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support our people throughout their employment journey. Please contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments or additional support you might require for making an application. Please note your CV may be shared with joint venture partners on this project. Pre employment checks It's worth remembering that we'll undertake the relevant/standard employment checks if you're successful in the selection process. This includes applying for references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre employment checks. Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process). About You Key Skills and Qualifications: HNC/Degree (Construction/Civil Engineering related) or equivalent Demonstration of knowledge and practical application of Site Engineering activities combined with construction supervision skills Experience of working on either Structures, Highways, Utilities or Earthworks You will need to have your own transportation to get to site, our compounds are set in very remote locations and are not accessible by public transport Holder of a CSCS card (white, white/yellow, gold, black or red) and SMSTS

Interested in training and evaluating large-scale LLMs (>200B) in a frontier research team focused on AI impact in high-stakes domains? Thomson Reuters Foundational Research gives you the opportunity to research & publish on a wide range of topics in AI research while gaining experience working at in a data- & compute-rich environment focused on solving real world economically impactful problems. You will join a collaborative team that values intellectual curiosity, innovative thinking, and combines the strengths of industrial resources with an academic mindset focused on advancing science. About the Role We are seeking PhD Research Scientist Interns with flexible starting dates throughout the year in our London, Toronto & Zug locations. During your internship, you will focus on publishing high-quality research in top venues for Machine Learning & NLP while advancing our internal model development. We also value our deep academic connections, are open to involving academic advisors & collaborators. Foundational Research is the dedicated core Machine Learning research division of Thomson Reuters. We are focused on research and development, with a particular focus on advanced algorithms and training techniques for Large Language Models (LLMs). We are building a strong foundation of research capabilities across different areas and are looking for interns who participate in designing, coding, conducting experiments, translating findings into concrete deliverables and engaging with the academic community. Our focus areas are: LLM Training (Continued Pretraining, Instruction Tuning, Reinforcement Learning Algorithms & Infrastructure, Alignment, Distributed Training, ) Post training techniques for planning & reasoning (e.g. Agentic pipelines & tool use, LLMs & Knowledge Graphs, Self reflection & critique, CoT & Reasoning, RAG, ) Data centric Machine Learning (Synthetic & Hybrid Data generation, Curriculum Learning, learned data mixtures, ) Evaluation (Benchmark design, Red teaming/Adversarial Testing, Hallucination detection & Factuality, Human in the loop testing, ) We work collaboratively with academic partners at world leading research institutions (such as our joint academic lab with Imperial College London) and subject matter experts with decades of experience. We experiment, prototype, test, and deliver ideas in the pursuit of smarter and more valuable models trained on an unprecedented wealth of data and powered by state of the art technical infrastructure. Through our unique institutional experience, we have access to an unprecedented number of subject matter experts involved in data collection, testing, and evaluation of trained models. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will work alongside and learn from a diverse global team of experts. We hire world leading specialists in ML/NLP/GenAI, as well as Engineering, to drive the company's leading internal AI model development. You will have the opportunity to publish your research findings as well as contribute to our proprietary AI model research & development. Thomson Reuters is known for consistently delivering successful data driven ML solutions in pursuit of academic excellence and support of high growth products that serve Thomson Reuters customers in new and exciting ways. The internship duration at Thomson Reuters Labs is typically 4 to 6 months and may be aligned with one or two academic semesters or depending upon your availability. Responsibilities Innovate: You will have the opportunity to innovate and create new state of the art ML/NLP/IR/GenAI approaches at the cutting edge of AI research. You will work closely with a Research Scientist to contribute ideas and work on solving real world challenges using a wealth of data. Experiment and Develop: You are involved in the entire research & model development lifecycle, brainstorming, coding, testing, and delivering high quality reports at leading international academic conferences. Collaborate: Working on a collaborative global team of researchers & engineers both within Thomson Reuters and our academic partners at world leading universities. Communicate: Actively engage in sharing our technical findings with the wider community through contributions to seminars, lectures, conferences and/or the sharing of publications and/or technical assets (data & models). About You You're a fit for the role if your background includes: PhD student or recent graduate with research experience in a relevant discipline. Publications in top tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, ICLR). Familiarity with a deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, ) Excellent communication skills to report and present research findings and developments clearly, both orally and in writing. Curious and innovative disposition capable of devising novel, well founded algorithmic solutions to relevant problems. Preferred Qualifications Experience working on at least one relevant state of the art research topic (see our focus areas) in large language models (LLMs). Influential first author publications top tier venues. Impactful open source contributions. Strong software and/or infrastructure engineering skills with supporting evidence. Experience training large scale models over distributed nodes with cloud tools such as Amazon AWS, MS Azure, or Google Cloud. Benefits Learning and development: On the job coaching, mentorship and learning from a world leading researcher as well as the opportunity to work with cutting edge methods and technologies. Plenty of data, compute, and high impact problems: Our interns get to explore large datasets and discover new capabilities and insights. Thomson Reuters is best known for the globally respected Reuters News agency, but our company is also the leading source of information for legal, corporate, and tax & accounting professionals. We have over 60,000 TB of legal, regulatory, news, and tax data. We also provide access to all major cloud computing platforms to our researchers and engineers. Competitive compensation: The opportunity to earn while learning new skills. Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI enabled future. Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Culture: Globally recognized, award winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together. Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Making a Real World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world. About Us Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. Equal Employment Opportunity As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented . click apply for full job details

We have several vacancies at different levels for R&D Scientists. We encourage applications from candidates with all levels of relevant experience in this field and will match candidates accordingly to roles based on experience. The job description below is an example of a mid-level role - other roles are available requiring less or more experience. Company Overview At FlexMedical Solutions, we help our customers bring their ideas to life and create a healthier tomorrow, by providing contract design, development, and manufacturing services to medical device OEMs. We focus on the disposable component of the medical device and have significant expertise with point of care (POC) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests. Our in-house capabilities range from screen printing and laser ablation of electrodes for biosensors to final device assembly, including the formulation and deposition of chemistries. Our modern facility is based in Livingston, central Scotland, less than 20 minutes from Edinburgh airport and 40 minutes from Glasgow. Further growth means that we are now developing our capabilities in product development. With a mixture of UK and international clients, we are a forward-looking organisation with an exciting future. Role Description As a qualified scientist you will bring hands-on, technical expertise to the company. Having gained experience in the laboratory, you will understand in-vitro diagnostics and may have some specific experience in electrochemical and other common assay detection methods. With an interest in how products work chemically, mechanically, and electrically it is probable that your work experience goes beyond the lab. As a contract business, we work on multiple projects simultaneously. This brings a lot of variety and requires people who are both willing and able to develop new products and processes in unison with our design control process. Your time will be spent working on some of our customer specific contracts (developing and manufacturing diagnostic products on their behalf) and working on internal development programmes. Working for a scale-up organisation will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to make your mark and implement your ideas. Key Responsibilities Reporting to the Technical Lead/CSO, you will: - Design and build reagents / formulate customer solutions to their requirements. Develop and execute electrochemical methods for external customer requirements, and internal development programmes. Develop reagent deposition methods and sensor build processes, to ensure rapid, consistent, and precise sensor production for development programmes. Work with clients to devise and execute experimental designs (DoE's) and create summary reports for discussion. Author, oversee and execute protocols and write reports. Develop product and process technical documents to successfully introduce new products and processes into manufacturing. Communicate effectively with sub-contractors, suppliers, and clients. Provide scientific input into product and process designs ensuring optimal performance and client satisfaction. Produce characterisation reports for customer products and development reports for projects, aligned with FMS design Quality Management System. Stay informed of latest developments and trends in your field e.g. current trends and methods in IVD development through routine review of current scientific literature. Skills, Knowledge, and Experience required As a minimum, you will hold a degree level qualification in a relevant scientific subject. You will have demonstrable, relevant experience gained in a regulated environment. However, consideration will be given where relevant academic experience can be demonstrated in lieu of industry experience. Competent using routine and complex laboratory equipment. Experienced in designing and building reagents and formulations from first principles. Significant experience in electrochemical methods or other test measurement systems. Experience of designing experimentation to resolve technical uncertainty through scientific rigor and root cause analysis. Experience in IVD product development and familiar with Design Control concept. Able to perform statistical analysis on data to drive decision making. Understand Good Manufacturing and Good Laboratory Practices (GxP). Experience of working to ISO13485 and / or 21 CFR Part 820, and familiar with product and process validation. A Green/Black Belt qualification in Six Sigma / process excellence is highly advantageous. Competent in the use of modern manufacturing equipment (e.g. lasers, dispensing, lamination assembly). Understand Design for Manufacture (DFM) methodology. Experienced using statistical tools such as Minitab and understand Design of Experiments methodology. Experienced in reagent chemistry as applied in IVD products. Experienced in surface chemistry: modification and analysis. Experience in microfluidic devices. People management experience would be advantageous. FlexMedical Solutions is a young, vibrant organisation operating in a highly regulated industry. It is a changing environment that requires you to be very flexible and willing to learn and grow with the company. It is essential that you communicate with your team and contribute to the company's success. As a provider of sub-contract services, working for FlexMedical Solutions will bring a great deal of variety and excitement to your working day. Initiative will be rewarded and personal development is guaranteed. Apply Now Please send your CV and a covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post:

As a Site Agent, youll be at the forefront of delivering high-quality engineering and construction solutions. Working closely with the Senior Management team, youll ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards, while continuously seeking ways to innovate and improve. Responsibilities Oversee direct labour and subcontractors, ensuring all work meets time, qualit click apply for full job details

Company Description AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok. Job Description AbbVie is searching for an in-house Associate General Counsel for our Patent Prosecution group, part of AbbVie's Intellectual Property, Transactions, and Innovation legal team. This position will support AbbVie's pharmaceutical products and be based in our offices in North Chicago, IL, Waltham, MA, South San Francisco, CA, or Irvine, CA with a hybrid work model (onsite 3+ days/week). Acting individually and in cross-functional teams, the Associate General Counsel will develop and implement intellectual property strategies for AbbVie's products and product candidates. Responsibilities: Maximize AbbVie's competitive position through creation and implementation of intellectual property strategies Provide legal advice and counsel to cross-functional R&D and business teams on a variety of IP-related matters Draft, file, and prosecute strategically useful patent applications worldwide both directly and through management of outside counsel Challenge and defend patents in IPR, opposition, interference, and other post-grant proceedings Conduct prior art searches, analyze third-party patent positions, and conduct due diligence to support business development activities Qualifications Requirements: JD degree from an accredited law school, state bar admission enabling in-house practice (specific state not required), and registration to practice before the USPTO 8+ years of experience practicing patent law as an attorney or patent agent at a law firm and/or life sciences company, including substantial U.S. and foreign patent prosecution Experience with India, China, and emerging markets a plus Technical background relevant for pharmaceutical patent prosecution, such as: Experience with small molecule and/or biological pharmaceutical discovery & development, and/or Technical degree in relevant field, such as molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering Strong legal, analytical, communication, collaboration, and people skills Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects to meet deadlines Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: What AbbVie Has to Offer Our work can-and does-have a tangible, lasting impact on millions of people. But it's not just the results that matter. How we achieve them matters, too. Leading with purpose, we work to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. We do that by putting our expertise, resources and talent to work to make a real difference for patients, communities and our world.