About LabGenius Therapeutics

At LabGenius Therapeutics ("LabGenius"), our mission is to discover the next generation of therapeutic antibodies by combining human and machine intelligence. To do this, we’ve pioneered the development of EVA™, state-of-the-art automated platform, enabling the closed-loop discovery of high-performing, non-intuitive antibody designs using proprietary, ML-grade datasets. For our wholly-owned therapeutic pipeline, we’re using our closed-loop discovery engine to establish a pipeline of highly selective T-cell engagers and ADCs for the treatment of solid tumours.

LabGenius has raised >£55M and is backed by top-tier investors, including M Ventures, Octopus Ventures, LG Corp, Atomico, Kindred Capital, Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures amongst others. The company is headquartered in London (UK) where we’ve established a cutting-edge antibody engineering facility. The company is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 scientists and engineers.

About the Role

As an Automation Scientist at LabGenius, you will spearhead the design, development, and optimisation of cutting-edge automation techniques pivotal to the next frontier in therapeutic antibody discovery. We're at the exciting intersection of synthetic biology, automation, and machine learning. As we endeavour to merge high-throughput screening with lab automation, we aim to streamline processes and accelerate the creation of life-enhancing treatments.

A core part of our ethos is the seamless interplay between automation and traditional wet lab practices. We believe that our future breakthroughs will emerge from this synergy. Thus, you won’t just be siloed in the world of machines; you will also roll up your sleeves, delve into assay development and screening, and be hands-on with molecular biology work, ensuring that our automation perfectly complements the intricacies of biological research.

What you’ll do in this role

• Develop, run, and maintain automated workflows, optimising them for faster, more accurate, and more robust results in a lab-based environment. This will include troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with automation systems.
• Support and train other scientists to run their own workflows on automated systems effectively.
• Rely on a range of liquid handling methodologies across multiple platforms, ensuring precision and reproducibility.
• Design experiments to improve the efficiency of molecular biology and protein production/purification and screening processes and work closely with other teams to ensure that the bridge between manual and automated processes is robust and efficient.
• Carry out preparation of assay ready plates and running of routine cell based assays as and when required.
• Liaise with the Software Engineering and Data Science teams to translate wet lab processes into insights using automated data capture and processing pipelines.
• Develop automation scripts and collaborate with our Software Engineering team to integrate automation scripts into our platforms and will maintain documentation, including protocols and technical laboratory reports.
• Be involved in the interpretation of experimental results, and recommendation of subsequent experiments or optimizations.
• Stay abreast of advancements in lab automation and molecular biology, ensuring LabGenius remains at the cutting edge.
• Uphold the highest standards of accuracy and efficiency, even under tight deadlines and occasional weekend work requirements.