Laboratory Support Technician

Salary:Starting salary from £24,546 to £28,000 based on qualification and experience.

Contract: Permanent

The CRUK Scotland Institute is a cancer research institute, situated in Glasgow with approximately 250 researchers split across 30 research groups consisting of PIs, postdoctoral scientists, PhD students and scientific officers. It is one of Europe’s leading cancer research centres, supporting cutting-edge work into the molecular mechanisms of cancer development. As well as core support from Cancer Research UK, the Institute also receives an additional third of its total income from external grants and industry collaborations.

It has an excellent reputation for fundamental cancer research, including world-class metabolism studies and renowned in vivo modelling of tumour growth and metastasis.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth, safe, and efficient operation of the Scientific Laboratory Support Team being a crucial service with CRUK-SI. The candidate will support scientists and senior technical staff by preparing high quality reagents, maintaining equipment, assisting with cell culture and molecular workflows, and contributing to our core lab operations. This role is essential for maintaining sterility, accuracy, and compliance across all laboratory activities which are looked after by the Lab support and Specialist Lab Support team, who offers a dynamic service to match the scientific requirements of our research groups.

We hope to hold interviews week commencing 23 November 2026.

A degree or demonstrable experience working in a biological setting is essential.