Scientist

Singular: Building Brilliant Biotechs; Oxford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Singular: Building Brilliant Biotechs in Oxford is seeking a Scientist in Drug Discovery with a focus on immunology to drive early-stage programmes. You will perform hands-on cellular immunology work, optimise assays, and generate translational data to inform target validation and mechanism-of-action studies.

You will work closely with senior scientists, gain broad exposure across drug discovery, and contribute to project discussions.

Qualifications

• PhD in Immunology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology or a related field.
• Strong hands-on flow cytometry experience.
• Experience working with primary immune cells.

Responsibilities

• Run and optimise cellular immunology experiments.
• Develop assays and generate high-quality translational data.
• Analyse results and contribute to project discussions.

Skills

Flow cytometry

Primary immune cells handling

Education

PhD in Immunology

Job description

Scientist, Drug Discovery | Immunology | Oxford

You are an immunologist who wants to work on biology that hasn't already been solved.

We're supporting an innovative Oxford-based biotech combining human genetics, genomics and experimental biology to uncover novel therapeutic targets for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Their programmes focus on first-in-class biology, offering a rare opportunity to work on targets and mechanisms that remain largely unexplored.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Scientist within the Drug Discovery team, you'll play a hands-on role advancing multiple early-stage therapeutic programmes.

Working closely with experienced scientists, you'll help generate the critical data that drives programme decisions across target validation, translational biology and mechanism-of-action studies.

You'll:

• Run and optimise cellular immunology experiments
• Work with primary immune cells, cell culture and flow cytometry
• Develop assays and generate high-quality translational data
• Analyse results, solve scientific challenges and contribute to project discussions

ABOUT YOU

• PhD in Immunology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology or a related field
• Strong hands-on flow cytometry experience
• Experience working with primary immune cells

WHY JOIN?

This is an opportunity to step into the kind of science that originally draws many people into research. You'll work on genuinely novel biology, helping to uncover disease mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities that remain largely unexplored.

Rather than becoming the expert in one assay or a small part of a programme, you'll gain broad exposure across drug discovery while working alongside experienced scientists who are invested in your development.

You'll have the chance to see your experiments directly influence programme strategy, contribute ideas in a highly collaborative environment, and build the skills needed to become a well-rounded drug discovery scientist. For someone early in their career, it's a rare opportunity to combine exceptional mentorship, meaningful responsibility and cutting-edge science in one role.

SO WHAT NEXT?

If you're excited by the opportunity to work on cutting-edge immunology while accelerating your career in drug discovery, we'd love to hear from you.