NMR Technician

Job Summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a motivated candidate to work as an NMR technician within the Imperial National Phenome Centre. The post-holder will work closely with the NMR Manager and other members of the NMR team in running and maintaining the laboratory instruments, including buffer preparation, sample handling, equipment calibration and maintenance). The post holder will also be responsible for sample logging and archiving, NMR data acquisition and spectrum quality control.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to contribute to the R&D program of the NPC which aims to implement and develop new analytical methods to help increase the NPC assay portfolio.

Imperial National Phenome Centre (NPC)

As part of the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, the Imperial National Phenome Centre has been established to support initially the Stratified Medicine and now the Molecular  Phenomics Theme. The NPC was established in 2013, and now has dedicated instrumentation in the Hammersmith Hospital Campus.

NPC undertakes large scale metabolic phenotyping of different types of human biofluids and tissues with the aim of identifying novel biomarkers of disease to improve their diagnosis and treatment, as well as to enhance our understanding of the interactions between individuals’ genetics, lifestyle and environment.

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NPC is part of the Section of Bioanalytical Chemistry within the Division of Systems Medicine.

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Duties and responsibilities

• Preparing biofluid samples for NMR analyses
• Preparing intact tissue samples for HR-MAS NMR analyses
• Running samples for NMR analysis
• Ensuring high quality and accurate reporting of data
• Documenting and complying with SOPs and other quality standards where appropriate
• Maintaining instruments: cleaning, replenishing solvents, consumables etc.
• Undertaking appropriate administration tasks including ordering of consumables and preparing routine documentation
• Ensuring all work conforms with safety requirements

Essential requirements

• A Bachelor Degree in Biological Sciences or a related field, or equivalent vocational qualification and / or equivalent experience in a laboratory environment
• Very good verbal and written communication skills
• A sound understanding of Health and Safety regulations and procedures, and experience of implementing these in a laboratory environment
• Excellent laboratory skills
• Ability and willingness to perform routine and non routine tasks within deadlines
• Ability to organise own work with limited supervision
• Ability to follow protocols and learn new techniques in a concise and skilled manner
• Computer literate, good working knowledge of common office software

Further Information

This is a Full Time and fixed term role until 2025, based at the Hammersmith.

Should you require any further details on the role, please contact: Dr Beatriz Jiménez - [email protected]

For technical issues when applying online please email [email protected]

Closing date: 29/03/2024.

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