Research Associate - Truro, United Kingdom - Phytome Life Sciences

Description

Salary:
£27,000-£35,000 depending on experience, skills, and qualifications


Employment Type:
Permanent


Hours per week: 35 hours


Location:
This role is based at our state-of-the-art campus near Truro


Closing Date:
Friday 18th August 2023


Description:

Phytome Life Sciences is an independent innovation company collaboratingwith partners to invent and develop plant-centred products and technologies.

Werea diverse group of innovative trailblazers with a shared passion and focus oncreating impact in peoples lives and building an industry to grow abetter future.

With a focus on transformingplant-based medicines together, we design, develop, and engineer newtechnologies and therapeutics that unlock the potential to have a lastingglobal impact.

About the role:

Reporting toour Lead Scientist - Natural Product Chemistry, Dr. Jasper Newman, werelooking for a Research Associate to join our team. The role will utilisecore organic chemistry techniques developing plant extraction and purificationmethods scalable for supercritical CO2.

Research will also focus onadapting functionality in plant derived molecules and drug delivery devicessupported by analytical methods including GC-MS and LC-MS.

Its a great time to be joining usas we prepare for lots of new and exciting projects in the pipeline.

Youllplay a pivotal role, partnering with our team to help us achieve our goals.


The sort of things you will be doing:
Youll be working in a small,high-velocity team of scientists to:

• Conduct individual and collaborativeresearch projects. This includes developing objectives, setting up andmonitoring experiments, maintaining up-to-date research notes, and entry andanalysis of the resulting data.
• Devise and execute experiments toachieve the goals of our research
• Present results of your research andcontribute to the publishing of results in highquality peerreviewed academicliterature.
• Participate in a mentored learningprogramme to further develop expertise and knowhow

This role will be a great fit if:

Havingexperience in managing data sets through programming, processing analyticalinformation into robust reports would be a big advantage, but not essential.

• Yourecomfortable working effectively in a small team
• You candemonstrate an innovation mindset to drive science and technology development
• You liketo take ownership, work at pace, and get things done.
• Youre comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite, QMS and LIMS.

Our Culture:

We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and empowering them to contribute fully at work.

Our world-class laboratory facilities and modern, open collaborative working spaces are based at our campus on a beautiful Cornish estate.

You wont find a better lunchtime view and youll be spoilt for choice for countryside walks, outdoor fitness in the summer, and use of the central shared café space for everyone working on campus.

All centred around wellbeing, our environment and colleague event schedule make Phytome a fun and collaborative place to be.


In return we offer:

Apart from joining a rapidly growing company with a great culture, we also offer:

• 6 weeks Annual Leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays (increasing on Length of Service)
• Enhanced Company pension scheme
• Ongoing training and development programmes
• Team events
• Free hot drinks
• Onsite cafe
• Free onsite parking

- _Reviewing and increasing benefits is top of our agenda for 2024 and youll get the chance to help shape a rewarding and competitive benefits scheme for all of our colleagues._


What are we looking for?

Hiring Process:

• Initial telephone screening call (30 mins)
• Capabilities and culturefit interview onsite (1.5 hours)

Support If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.

Other Requirements:

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• Your employment is conditional upon the Companys receipt of satisfactory references.
• Direct applicants only.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:

At Phytome, were committed to cultivating a positive environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

We believe that we should celebrate each and every unique quality and want every colleague to bring their whole self to work every day, no matter your ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

We champion an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.

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