Overview
‘Research Technician – Immunofluorescence and Tissue Imaging (Full-Time/Part-time) – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
The Sailem Group is a multidisciplinary research team working to understand cancer biology and improve personalised cancer treatment. Our research brings together experimental, computational and data-driven approaches to study tumour heterogeneity, the tumour microenvironment and treatment response, with the aim of identifying predictive biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets.
A major focus of the group is the development and application of computational and AI approaches to complex biomedical data, including tissue imaging, genomics and clinical data. We are now expanding our experimental capabilities in tissue imaging to enable detailed investigation of the cellular composition and spatial organisation of tumours.
This position is central to developing that experimental capability. The successful candidate will focus primarily on hands-on laboratory research, particularly immunofluorescence, FFPE tissue staining, antibody optimisation and advanced tissue imaging.
The role would therefore particularly suit someone who enjoys experimental science, method development and troubleshooting, and who is motivated by seeing high-quality experimental work contribute to biological discovery and clinically relevant cancer research.
About The Role
Our research focuses on understanding how the tumour microenvironment influences cancer progression and treatment response, and on identifying potential therapeutic targets. Multiplex tissue imaging will provide an important experimental approach for addressing these questions by revealing the cellular composition and spatial organisation of tumours.
The postholder will drive the experimental development and application of multiplex immunofluorescence, from selecting and optimising antibodies and developing robust multiplex panels through to generating high-quality spatial tissue data. The role provides an opportunity to build specialist expertise in cutting-edge imaging technologies, solve challenging experimental problems, and contribute directly to biological discoveries and clinically relevant research.
Working independently, the postholder will be responsible for experimental optimisation, quality control and troubleshooting. They will work with Dr Sailem on research questions, experimental priorities and interpretation of findings.
The postholder will contribute to scientific discoveries and research outputs arising from this work, including presentations and publications. There may also be opportunities to apply their specialist expertise to collaborative research projects.
This is a full time role however part-time applications will be considered (at least 16 hours per week), you will be offered an a fixed term 12 months contract until 31st December 2027.
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