Lead Plant Genome Editing Scientist — Toolkit Innovator

Epso; Milton; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life cover

Critical illness cover

Pension

Private medical insurance

Maternity and paternity leave

Social events

Refreshments

Team meals

Training & development

Flexible working

Cutting-edge science

Job summary

Epso in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, is seeking a scientist to lead expansion of genome editing technologies. You will drive innovation across the editing toolkit, from construct design to how editing interacts with plant transformation, and establish new editing modalities in our target crops.

This cross-functional R&D role aims to build the next generation of tools rather than follow an established pipeline.

Qualifications

• PhD in plant molecular biology, plant genetics, plant science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap for our genome editing toolkit and prioritise new capabilities with Trait Design Scientists.
• Lead the design and testing of new editing methodologies and drive projects to establish HDR-based editing and prime editing with external collaborations.
• Collaborate with other scientists to rapidly validate new editing designs in our crop-specific cell system.
• Partner with Plant Transformation Scientists to optimise editing designs with delivery method and regeneration route.
• Scout and assess emerging editing technologies and recommend adoption or deprioritisation.
• Develop editing methods with product delivery in mind to fit regulatory frameworks for crops.
• Define success criteria and go/no-go points for projects with genotyping and computational colleagues.
• Hand over validated, well-documented approaches to the teams who will run them routinely.

Skills

Genome editing design

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Experimental design & statistics

Education

PhD in plant molecular biology or related field

Tools

CRISPR in plants

Multi-component vector assembly

NGS readouts interpretation

Job description

Epso in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, is seeking a scientist to lead expansion of genome editing technologies. You will drive innovation across the editing toolkit, from construct design to how editing interacts with plant transformation, and establish new editing modalities in our target crops.

This cross-functional R&D role aims to build the next generation of tools rather than follow an established pipeline.