Research Technician
Role Overview
Contribute to research developing therapies for neurodegenerative and mitochondrial-related diseases.
Support projects delivered with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies using patient-derived cell models and proprietary high-throughput imaging assays.
The role is based within the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN).
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Contribute to research developing therapies for neurodegenerative and mitochondrial-related diseases.
Support projects delivered with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies using patient-derived cell models and proprietary high-throughput imaging assays.
The role is based within the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN).
Essential criteria
- A good honours degree or equivalent experience.
- Effective written and verbal communication, report writing, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet deadlines.
- Creative problem solving, analysis, resource organisation, planning, and progress management.
- Attention to detail, accurate record keeping, and good organisational and time-management skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in tissue culture and knowledge of mitochondrial assays are desirable.
- Experience with performance review and planning, building work-area networks, and adapting skills to new circumstances is desirable.
Main duties
- Grow and maintain patient-derived fibroblasts, induced neuronal progenitor cells, induced neurons, and induced glial cells.
- Complete customer project cell-based assays and data analysis, as well as research and development projects.
- Maintain accurate databases of project results, cell banks, and chemical compounds.
- Interface with customers.
- Carry out technical tissue-culture work and keep the work area, incubators, and hoods clean and tidy.
Team and research setting
Mitotype combines expertise in mitochondrial biology with commercial scientific services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical partners.
The team works at the interface of discovery science and therapeutic development, generating insights from patient-derived cell models.
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