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We are establishing a new state-of-the-art research facility in London. With a mission of turning breakthrough science into meaningful and impactful medicines, the research focus is in cellular ageing and mechanisms of homeostasis and resilience, the basis of some of the most challenging diseases facing our ageing population.
Who we are
At our organisation, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than a century, we’ve been at the forefront of research, bringing forward medicines, vaccines and innovative health solutions for the world’s most challenging diseases.
Job Description
We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we follow the science, we can deliver great medicines. We believe that a research-driven enterprise, dedicated to world-class science, can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.
This is an opportunity to join our talented and dedicated chemistry team, located in the Francis Crick Research Institute in London, as a placement student and help build a strong foundation for success in your future scientific career.
The London-based facility combines our leading drug discovery capabilities and world-class research and development expertise with the best of the regions’ talent and has a mission of turning breakthrough science into meaningful and impactful medicines.
We are looking for enthusiastic students who will potentially pursue a career in chemistry and are interested in cutting-edge technology to design and synthesize drugs of the future.
Duties
Focus on Results
- Become competent in the use of standard and advanced laboratory equipment
- Under guidance, synthesize compounds that will allow project teams to make key decisions and advance projects
Communication and Collaboration
- Ask questions, having a placement is about learning
- Present results and ideas in writing, and in meetings as verbal updates and presentations
Maintaining our organisation’s high standards of ethics and safety
- Keep up to date records of experiments in an electronic notebook
- Comply with our organisation’s laboratory safety rules and philosophy
Gain Experience
- As part of your duties within the team you will get the opportunity to gain experience in the following drug discovery activities:
- Design of compounds to modulate biological targets
- Synthesis of compounds for biological profiling
- Application of molecular modelling techniques in molecular design
Technical Specifications
- You will be looking to complete a 12-month student internship in your third or penultimate year of study of your undergraduate degree, returning to your course at the end of the internship
- Studying a chemistry discipline
- Strong preference/interest in organic synthesis
- Passion for scientific discovery
- Practical laboratory experience desirable but not essential
Qualities we look for
- Communicates, participates and collaborates as one team; winning and losing together
- Focuses on what matters the most to create the greatest value for human and animal patients
- Acts with urgency, rigor and determination to enable us to continue to deliver our medicines and vaccines around the world
- Intellectually curious, adapts and has a commitment to never give up, whether we succeed or fail
- Aligns with and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion; being part of an inclusive environment where everyone is able to contribute their best ideas
- Encourages curiosity, voices their opinions and engages in healthy debate to improve ideas and decisions to achieve better outcomes
