Mass Spectrometry Technician

at  Imperial College London

FURTHER INFORMATION

This is a full time and fixed term (12 months) based in Hammersmith Campus.
The National Phenome Centre is based in the Division of Systems Medicine in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction and has close links with analytical development groups, clinical and lab-based research groups.
If you require any further details on the role please contact: Lynn Maslen (L.Maslen@imperial.ac.uk).
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.
If you encounter any technical issues while applying online, please don’t hesitate to email us at support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk. We’re here to help.

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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.
We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you encounter any technical issues while applying online, please don’t hesitate to email us at support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk. We’re here to help.

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Mass Spectrometry Technician to join the National Phenome Centre (NPC) based at Imperial College London. The Centre undertakes metabolic phenotyping from a diverse portfolio of research collaborations spanning clinical medicine to large-scale population health studies from within Imperial and beyond. The NPC specialises in state-of-the-art targeted and untargeted approaches using a combination of NMR, chromatographic and MS technologies alongside innovative informatics approaches. With a key focus on building strong research collaborations, identifying biologically and clinically relevant biomarkers, and developing innovative technological and bioinformatics approaches required for the analysis of “big data”, this is an exciting role within a highly motivated and supportive team.
The Centre, in operation since June 2012 (previously as the National Phenome and Clinical Phenotyping Centres), provides high-throughput, high-quality analysis of samples and engages in academic and industrial collaborations for projects requiring complex data analysis and interpretation across a wide range of research areas. It is a national resource to enable researchers (academic and commercial) to have access to state-of-the-art NMR and MS facilities and expertise at Imperial to undertake this work.
The post-holder will form part of a team ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the Mass Spectrometry facility of the National Phenome Centre (NPC) at the Hammersmith campus including data collection, review of data quality, and requisite data processing.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

The post-holder will work closely with other members of the team in providing technical support, day-to-day co-ordination, and maintaining the laboratory instruments. They will be heavily involved in sample preparation for MS and LC-MS analyses from human and animal biofluids and tissues submitted for analysis and will also be responsible for sample logging and archiving and MS data acquisition.