Make your mark for patients We are seeking a Research or Senior Scientist who is highly motivated and innovative to join our Target Validation and Tractability team, based in Slough, UK. About the role You will be part of a multi-disciplinary department, focusing on the discovery, validation, and mechanism of action of novel drug targets for diseases with high unmet patient need. This position is a lab-based role, requiring excellent laboratory skills, particularly in cell biology/assay techniques. Additionally, we are looking for experience with creating and analysing ‘-omic’ datasets, practical experience of bioinformatic techniques and basic coding skills would be advantageous. Who you’ll work with Working in a collaborative, matrix style across the organisation to implement the adoption of new targets into the research portfolio. What you’ll do Studying immunological disease pathways and biology, to generate novel insights into potential therapeutic opportunities in areas of unmet need. Setting up new and running new collaborations with state-of the-art researchers on auto-immune relevant biological pathways and disease models with the aim of identifying new disease-drug target links. Performing drug tractability and validation experiments, such as Gain of Function /Loss of Function assays, cell culture, flow cytometry, imaging, and other techniques. Generating and critically assessing data to support go/no-go new target decisions. Contribute to the development of the technological and scientific acumen of the department, helping to enhance our target to disease translational insights, implementing novel technologies, improving workflows and robust scientific discussion. Present data and insights across the organization and externally. Produce detailed experimental write-ups and assist in producing and collating procedures, guidelines and reports. Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills BSc (or equivalent) with more than 2 years of industry experience, or a PhD/post-doc. Background in immunology or related fields Experience with use of bioinformatic tools to visualize and analyse large datasets Basic coding skills Experience in a range of cellular and molecular biology techniques – for example: cell culture, flow cytometry, high content imaging, IHC, ELISA or MSD, Western blotting, qPCR, transfection/siRNA/CRISPR gene-editing. Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you About us UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science. Why work with us? At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential. UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity. Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on EMEA-Reasonable_Accommodationucb.com. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.