52-Week Lab-Based Mechanistic Pharmacology Placement

Cancer Research UK; Babraham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK invites applications for a 52-week Student Placement – Mechanistic Pharmacology (Lab based) at Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. This full-time role offers hands-on experience in a drug discovery lab, employing biochemical, biophysical and cell-based assays to study targets and compounds.

You will gain exposure to the drug discovery process, analyze data, and present findings while working alongside experienced scientists.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication of data and results.
• Ability to work within a team and collaborate.
• Analytical thinking and interpretation of experimental data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in an assigned area under supervision with established methods.
• Exercise technical judgment in experiments and data interpretation.
• Perform analysis of experimental results and develop hypotheses.
• Ask for advice and assistance when necessary.
• Maintain awareness of current scientific literature and developments.
• Provide verbal and written reports/presentations as required.

Skills

Data presentation

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Undergraduate year 2+

Job description

Cancer Research UK invites applications for a 52-week Student Placement – Mechanistic Pharmacology (Lab based) at Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. This full-time role offers hands-on experience in a drug discovery lab, employing biochemical, biophysical and cell-based assays to study targets and compounds.

You will gain exposure to the drug discovery process, analyze data, and present findings while working alongside experienced scientists.