Senior Research Technician (112170)

Job description: About the Group You will join the Naish group in the School of Life Sciences at Warwick University. The candidate will work in a team of scientists and collaborate with group members to make discoveries. Regular opportunities will be provided for presentation of the candidate's work, together with regular career-mentoring. The Naish lab shares space with the groups of Prof. Miriam Gifford, Vardis Ntoukakis and Jose Gutierrez-Marcos, who research related questions in plant epigenetics. Any requests for further information about the role can be directed to Matthew Naish (m.naish.1@warwick.ac.uk) The laboratory is situated in SLS on the Gibbet hill campus in UoW and houses state-of-the-art facilities. The University of Warwick is also a major centre for both plant science, and genomics, providing extensive opportunities for collaboration and presentation of research findings and further career development and growth. Note: Please note this is an on-campus based role, due to the nature of the work, we cannot accommodate any work from home basis For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here). About the Role We're looking for an enthusiastic research technician with molecular biology skills to join a small team studying centromere biology. how the region of the chromosome that drives its own inheritance is specified, and why it varies so much between and within species. You would support two projects: a Wellcome-funded investigation of how genetic and epigenetic variation influences centromere function in Arabidopsis thaliana, and a UKRI-funded project exploring alternative centromere structures in marine plankton. You would work closely with postdoctoral researchers and PhD students and would be recognised as a contributor on the work you support. The ideal candidate would have competency in a range of multidisciplinary molecular biology techniques in the lab including cloning (PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA purification, restriction digests and ligation, Gibson assembly, bacterial transformation and culture, plasmid prep), and routine genotyping from sample collection through gDNA extraction to PCR, genetic transformations, Nanopore Sequencing, as well as general plant husbandry and plankton cell culture maintenance. The post is available for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of further extension. About You We are looking for someone to provide technical support to post-doctoral research staff and principal investigator undertaking research projects. The successful candidate will be required to perform various routine and higher-level molecular biology techniques in the lab including cloning (PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA purification, restriction reactions, ligation reactions, Gibson assembly, bacterial transformation and culture, plasmid purification, and Sanger sequencing), genotyping (collecting material, genomic DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis), genetic transformations, Nanopore Sequencing, as well as general plant husbandry and maintenance of plankton cell cultures. Closing Date: Sunday 18 October 2026, 11:59 pm Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button. £31,236 to £34,610 per annum