Research Scientist

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Research within life sciences covers a whole range of scientific disciplines
including:

neurosciences;
plant sciences;
physiology;
pharmacology;
cancer studies;
microbiology;
genomics;
bioinformatics;
biotechnology;
stem cell research.

The work is close to the medical sciences but also crosses over into other areas such as biochemistry.

Responsibilities:

creating and conducting experiments;
processing and analysing results and data;
communicating results to the scientific community via published papers;
carrying out field work to inform research;
teaching, demonstrating to or supervising students (in academia) and training and supervising other members of staff;
devising or helping to draw up new research proposals and applying for funding and grants;

What to expect

The majority of work is laboratory based, with field work required for some roles. Travel to and from clients' and colleagues' offices may also be required, particularly if projects are collaborations between industry and academia, or cross-university projects.

Opportunities within life science organisations are available but some regions are particularly strong in certain fields.