Research Technician

About the Role
We are seeking a Research Technician to join Jessica Okosun’s Translational Lymphoma Research group at Barts Cancer Institute. The lab investigates the pathogenesis of lymphomas, investigating tumour heterogeneity/evolution, biomarkers of treatment response and resistance and methodologies to study lymphoma cell populations (Okosun et al Nature Genetics 2016; Araf et al, Leukemia 2018; Coulter et al, J Mol Diagn 2024). The successful applicant will join a collaborative environment accessing clinical trial and tissue bank samples and contribute to molecular biology and omic workflows, including sample processing, storage and NGS library preparation. Working closely with postdoctoral researchers, they will characterize and analyse patient samples and associated data.

About You
The postholder will be an organised, motivated MSc biology (or related discipline) graduate with experience in molecular biology, omics, or flow cytometry. Experience in cancer biology, NGS patient sample handling, or coding is advantageous. Must be detail-oriented, collaborative and keen to learn new techniques.

About the Institute
The BCI is a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence whose work aims to transform the lives of those with and at risk of cancer through innovative research in the laboratory, in patients and in populations. It is one of six institutes within The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD) BCI is internationally renowned in many areas of cancer research and it combines ground-breaking basic research with the expertise of clinicians and clinician scientists from the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine and the Barts NHS Trust to achieve improvements in cancer patient care. BCI is also a partner in the CRUK City of London Major Centre (together with UCL, Kings and the Francis Crick Institute) which is a Centre of Excellence in Biotherapeutics. BCI is committed in supporting and developing future cancer researchers through its extensive postgraduate training.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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