Hybrid Plant Genotyping Research Associate – Lab & Data

Wild Bioscience Ltd; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance including affi

Pension with 5% company contribution

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Group life cover

Regular company socials

Refreshments throughout the week

Team meals: breakfast Monday, lunch/Fr

Job summary

Wild Bioscience Ltd is seeking a motivated Research Associate to join our plant genotyping team. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment, handling hands-on lab work and contributing to computational analysis of genotyping data.

Based at our Milton Park, Oxfordshire site, the role offers on-site work with potential hybrid flexibility. The successful candidate will support genotyping across crops, design primers, and help maintain pipelines and ELN records while

Qualifications

• Hands-on molecular biology skills
• Experience with genotyping workflows preferred
• Ability to perform routine lab tasks accurately and safely

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the Plant Genotyping team's mission to provide timely and accurate genotyping of plant samples
• Preparing materials, solutions, and equipment for experiments, and performing routine tasks including sampling, plant maintenance, nucleic acid extractions and PCR
• Running established genotyping pipelines using automation, and running command-line based analysis of genotyping and sequencing data (e.g. amplicon sequencing)
• Designing and validating primers (and probes) for new and existing genotyping assays
• Using and helping to maintain command-line tools and analysis scripts, and contributing to pipeline improvements and automation
• Collecting, organising, and analysing genotyping data, and maintaining accurate records in our Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and databases for key stakeholders
• Following and contributing to SOPs to ensure consistent, high-quality operations — and optimizing existing approaches where improvements can be made
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, assisting with troubleshooting, and contributing to presentations and team meetings
• Group life cover x 4 of base salary
• Critical illness cover x 4 of base salary
• Pension scheme with a 5% Company contribution
• Private medical insurance including dental and optical
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• 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

Skills

Lab bench work

Genotyping

Computational analysis

PCR

Nucleic acid extraction

Tools

Liquid handling systems

Command-line tools

ELN

Job description

Wild Bioscience Ltd is seeking a motivated Research Associate to join our plant genotyping team. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment, handling hands-on lab work and contributing to computational analysis of genotyping data.

Based at our Milton Park, Oxfordshire site, the role offers on-site work with potential hybrid flexibility. The successful candidate will support genotyping across crops, design primers, and help maintain pipelines and ELN records while