At Wild Bio we are radically enhancing crops to feed the world sustainably and promote a wilder planet. Wild plants have had half a billion years to evolve natural solutions for thriving in almost every environment on Earth. Our proprietary genetics platform harnesses these wild innovations to enhance the world’s most important crops. Wild-enhanced crops would simultaneously boost farm yields and promote gigaton-scale carbon mitigation strategies. If you’re looking for a start-up that has enormous potential for impact on growers, consumers, and the planet, please read on.
Wild Bio is a well-funded, fast-paced Oxford University spin-out working from state-of-the-art labs and offices at Milton Park, Oxfordshire. We are about to enter an exciting phase of growth and are looking for a driven and curious Scientific Technician to join us and significantly contribute to delivering the change we believe in.
Role summary:
We are looking for a motivated and skilled technician who will work with a team of scientists and technicians to support our tissue culture pipelines and related lab tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience in plant tissue culture techniques.
Detailed responsibilities:
1. Plant tissue culture media preparation:
o Prepare tissue culture media and stock solutions for plant cell culture.
o Support the monitoring of lab media stocks and consumables to ensure smooth running of the lab.
o Follow SOPs and lab schedule to carry out tasks and maintain consistency and quality throughout operations.
2. Plant tissue culture pipeline:
o Requires attention to detail and consistency in performing repetitive laboratory tasks.
o Carry out repetitive pipeline tasks for various plant species working under sterile conditions in a laminar flow hood following SOPs.
o Maintain and subculture experiments following experimental designs.
o Observe the pipeline tasks and ongoing experiments critically and communicate to the team.
o Collaborate with plant care team to ensure pipeline plants acclimatise in soil.
3. Documentation and reporting:
o Monitor and update the various databases as you complete tasks.
o Keep the Electronic Lab Notebook updated.
o Assist with the preparation of data sets and reports.
o Present & discuss progress or challenges in team meetings.
o Assist with conducting research experiments pipeline optimisation, new methods etc.
o Follow experimental protocols and procedures under the guidance of senior colleagues.
o Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including scientists, and technicians, to support ongoing research projects.
o Collaborate on problem solving and troubleshooting activities.
o Support the writing and review of SOPs and Guidance Documents.
o Provide backup support when other team members are absent in collaboration with your line manager to ensure smooth flow of lab operations.
o Coordinate with other groups to ensure the successful handover to the next stage in a pipeline.
Knowledge and skills:
* Bachelor’s degree in science, or evidence of equivalent work experience is desirable but not required to apply.
* Have a keen attention to detail and focus while conducting important but repetitive tasks.
* Be a team player in a multi-disciplinary environment, building relationships, and gaining trust from others through honesty, compassion, and authenticity.
* Have a curious and courageous mindset, enjoy stepping up to try new things in a changing environment, and taking initiative where there is often ambiguity.
* Approach solving difficult and complex problems head on, working from first principles and collaborating as a team to re-think problems and learn from both successes and failures.
* Want to seek out new opportunities to develop, share learnings with others, and strive to support others in their own development and growth.
* Challenge established approaches with the aim of improving the system.
* Take initiative where needed with tasks that have not been assigned.
Benefits:
* Group life cover x 3 of base salary.
* Pension.
* Private medical insurance.
* Regular company socials.
* Complimentary refreshments throughout the week.
* Team meals including breakfast on a Monday and lunch each Friday, creating opportunities for informal networking and team bonding.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Opportunity to work with cutting edge science.
Location:
We’re headquartered in Milton Park, a business and technology park in Oxfordshire. We are a small, fast-paced team working on cutting-edge science, and we believe the relationships forged and the work we do in-person will be crucial for our success. For this reason, we are asking that applicants be able to work on-site.
The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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