Senior Research Scientist, Mass Spectrometry
CK Group are recruiting for a Senior Research Scientist, Mass Spectrometry to join a global biotechnology company, on a contract basis for 12 months.
Salary:
£270 per day - £330 per day PAYE.
Senior Research Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Role:
- Design, develop, and validate robust small molecule MS-based assays for drug discovery.
- Optimize assay conditions to ensure high sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility for small molecule detection and quantification
- Collaborate with structural biology and biophysics teams to integrate MS data with structural and biophysical insights
- Work closely with medicinal chemists, biologists, and other scientists to align assay development with project goals.
- Ensure compliance with laboratory SOPs and detailed record keeping in an electronic notebook
- Maintain, operate, and troubleshoot LCMS instrumentation for routine and novel assays
- Relevant Ph.D. or equivalent experience with a proven track record of small molecule mass spec delivery
- Experience running and analysing quantitative small molecule mass spec assays
- Practical experience working with triplequad MS platforms
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex instrumentation
- Experience of small molecule Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry (AS-MS) is desirable.
Our client is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases.
Location:
This role is based at our client's site in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Apply:
For more information, or to apply for this Senior Research Scientist, Mass Spectrometry contrac,t please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@ckagroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 174 188.
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.
Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.