Laboratory Coordinator-Technician ( Kickstart Scheme)
- ABCAM
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dec 03, 2021
Full time
Manufacturing
Job Description
Job Title: Laboratory Coordinator - Technician (Kickstart Scheme)
Location: Cambridge, UK
About the role
Please note, these roles are provided in partnership with the Government's Kickstarter Jobs Scheme. To qualify for this scheme you must meet the following criteria: Aged 16 - 24 yrs old Be receiving Universal Credit Eligible to work in the UK.
Interested in a future career in Life Sciences? This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience and skills in a lab environment. This 6-month placement will work closely with an experienced mentor in the lab helping to ensure our lab runs smoothly, organising and ordering stock, and managing equipment upkeep whilst learning about the interesting work we do at Abcam. Following training you will also gain further support to learn scientific techniques.
Based on the Biomedical campus at Addenbrooke's Cambridge, these roles provides a fantastic opportunity to develop scientific and organisational skills within a supportive team and an inclusive work environment.
For health and safety reasons this role is not suitable for candidates under 18 years of age.
Roles & Responsibilities:
* Contribute to the day-to-day running of laboratory operations, including but not limited to, monitoring of consumables levels, preparing reagents, maintaining the biological inventory.
* Contribute to additional activities within the team, as required.
* Maintain high quality standards during experimental processes and record keeping. Abide by laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and keep accurate Batch Manufacturing Records (BMRs)
* Help maintain a safe and efficient working environment in the laboratory, ensure the safety of colleagues & visitors and comply with Health and Safety (H&S) policies
There are 5 individual roles on offer, and depending on the group the position is placed in the additional duties include:
* Performing mammalian cell cultures, including adherent and suspension lines, including compound treatments.
* Performing cell fixation, including adherent and suspension lines and performing basic Immunocytochemistry and flow cytometry experiments.
* Preparing samples for Western blot and Immunohistochemistry, performing Western blots and supporting immunohistochemistry experiments
* Expressing proteins at milligram scale in mammalian or bacterial cell systems, protein lyophilisation.
* Expressing proteins at milligram scale in mammalian or bacterial cell systems, ensure proteins are of high-quality using protein analytical techniques.
About you
You will be educated to GCSE level in English and Maths; a GCSE in Science is desirable but not essential.
You will be an enthusiastic learner, with good organisational skills and attention to detail. Experience of performing in a team environment would also be an advantage. An ability to apply a good scientific rationale to problems and to analyse and draw conclusions from data are important for these roles (in particular roles 4 and 5).
If this sounds like you and you'd like to be a part of a fast-paced, growing business with the vision to become the most influential company and best-loved brand in life sciences, please apply now!
Pay and Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an attractive and flexible benefits package (including our award-winning share scheme, 18 weeks full paid maternity leave and 6 weeks full paid paternity leave), a culture focused on well-being and opportunities for growth and development, and a highly flexible working environment.
What's more, as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we are recognized globally as an organization that's diverse, inclusive and supports women in the workplace.
About Us
An idea conceived in a University of Cambridge laboratory in 1998, Abcam plc () began life as an innovative and entrepreneurial start-up, spearheaded by like-minded individuals who shared a common purpose of providing the scientific community with quality antibody reagents, as well as trustworthy and up-to-date information about their uses and limitations. Abcam has now grown to become a leading supplier of protein research tools to life scientists, whilst always maintaining the core collaborative values assumed at its inception.
Abcam now supports life science researchers in their quest to understand the cause of disease and ultimately offer improvements to diagnoses and treatments. To achieve this outcome, the company both develops and manufactures its own products in specialist facilities across the globe, and sources from over 400 partners, offering scientists the newest, most innovative and highest quality research tools available globally, regardless of source. With a customer base of research scientists who require high performance products with detailed technical specifications, 64% of global researchers use Abcam products.
We are incredibly proud to be recognised as the '3rd Best Place to Work in the UK in 2021', as per Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award. Our culture is driven by our dedicated, agile and audacious community of professionals who are driven by a combined purpose and sense of belonging.
Inclusion & Diversity
Abcam is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Location: Cambridge, UK
About the role
Please note, these roles are provided in partnership with the Government's Kickstarter Jobs Scheme. To qualify for this scheme you must meet the following criteria: Aged 16 - 24 yrs old Be receiving Universal Credit Eligible to work in the UK.
Interested in a future career in Life Sciences? This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience and skills in a lab environment. This 6-month placement will work closely with an experienced mentor in the lab helping to ensure our lab runs smoothly, organising and ordering stock, and managing equipment upkeep whilst learning about the interesting work we do at Abcam. Following training you will also gain further support to learn scientific techniques.
Based on the Biomedical campus at Addenbrooke's Cambridge, these roles provides a fantastic opportunity to develop scientific and organisational skills within a supportive team and an inclusive work environment.
For health and safety reasons this role is not suitable for candidates under 18 years of age.
Roles & Responsibilities:
* Contribute to the day-to-day running of laboratory operations, including but not limited to, monitoring of consumables levels, preparing reagents, maintaining the biological inventory.
* Contribute to additional activities within the team, as required.
* Maintain high quality standards during experimental processes and record keeping. Abide by laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and keep accurate Batch Manufacturing Records (BMRs)
* Help maintain a safe and efficient working environment in the laboratory, ensure the safety of colleagues & visitors and comply with Health and Safety (H&S) policies
There are 5 individual roles on offer, and depending on the group the position is placed in the additional duties include:
* Performing mammalian cell cultures, including adherent and suspension lines, including compound treatments.
* Performing cell fixation, including adherent and suspension lines and performing basic Immunocytochemistry and flow cytometry experiments.
* Preparing samples for Western blot and Immunohistochemistry, performing Western blots and supporting immunohistochemistry experiments
* Expressing proteins at milligram scale in mammalian or bacterial cell systems, protein lyophilisation.
* Expressing proteins at milligram scale in mammalian or bacterial cell systems, ensure proteins are of high-quality using protein analytical techniques.
About you
You will be educated to GCSE level in English and Maths; a GCSE in Science is desirable but not essential.
You will be an enthusiastic learner, with good organisational skills and attention to detail. Experience of performing in a team environment would also be an advantage. An ability to apply a good scientific rationale to problems and to analyse and draw conclusions from data are important for these roles (in particular roles 4 and 5).
If this sounds like you and you'd like to be a part of a fast-paced, growing business with the vision to become the most influential company and best-loved brand in life sciences, please apply now!
Pay and Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an attractive and flexible benefits package (including our award-winning share scheme, 18 weeks full paid maternity leave and 6 weeks full paid paternity leave), a culture focused on well-being and opportunities for growth and development, and a highly flexible working environment.
What's more, as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we are recognized globally as an organization that's diverse, inclusive and supports women in the workplace.
About Us
An idea conceived in a University of Cambridge laboratory in 1998, Abcam plc () began life as an innovative and entrepreneurial start-up, spearheaded by like-minded individuals who shared a common purpose of providing the scientific community with quality antibody reagents, as well as trustworthy and up-to-date information about their uses and limitations. Abcam has now grown to become a leading supplier of protein research tools to life scientists, whilst always maintaining the core collaborative values assumed at its inception.
Abcam now supports life science researchers in their quest to understand the cause of disease and ultimately offer improvements to diagnoses and treatments. To achieve this outcome, the company both develops and manufactures its own products in specialist facilities across the globe, and sources from over 400 partners, offering scientists the newest, most innovative and highest quality research tools available globally, regardless of source. With a customer base of research scientists who require high performance products with detailed technical specifications, 64% of global researchers use Abcam products.
We are incredibly proud to be recognised as the '3rd Best Place to Work in the UK in 2021', as per Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award. Our culture is driven by our dedicated, agile and audacious community of professionals who are driven by a combined purpose and sense of belonging.
Inclusion & Diversity
Abcam is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About ABCAM