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Student Placement – Cancer Research Horizons Medicinal Chemistry (lab based)

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Cancer Research UK

Oct 31, 2023

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Placement Program
  • Healthcare
    Science
  • £23K
  • Cambridge

Requirements

  • If you’re a motivated chemistry student, with an interest in oncology drug discovery, then this is your opportunity to gain valuable experience working within the pharmaceutical sector.
  • We expect you to have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, good team work skills, a keen eye for detail, good time management skills and a sound knowledge of Microsoft packages.
  • If you would like to apply for the placement student scheme, please ensure that you meet the following criteria before completing your application form:
  • You must be studying for an undergraduate chemistry degree (BSc/MSc/MSci/MChem) having successfully completed at least 2 years of study by August 2024. Please note that applications from graduates and PhD students will NOT be considered for this scheme.
  • You should be able to commence work in August / September 2024 (the start date is negotiable).
  • You should have the right to live and work in the UK without restriction. We regret that we cannot consider applications from candidates who require a work permit to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

  • Synthesis, purification, and analysis of novel small molecules for biological testing
  • Apply organic synthesis knowledge in execution of experiments and interpretation of results
  • Maintain awareness of relevant current scientific literature and developments
  • Provide verbal and written reports/presentations when required
  • Maintain laboratory notebooks and other data to required standards
  • Perform all work demonstrating due care and attention to all health and safety regulations
  • Interact with colleagues in all areas of CRH-TI and provide help and assistance wherever possible
  • Contribute to the day-to-day running and responsibilities of the lab
  • Participate in, and report to, project team meetings when required
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Cancer Research UK

Science & Healthcare
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
2002
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Cancer Research UK is a renowned charitable organisation dedicated to advancing cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and support. Their overarching goal is to bring about a future where all cancers are cured, ensuring that individuals can lead full and healthy lives. Through funding groundbreaking research, raising awareness, and providing crucial support, Cancer Research UK strives to make a profound impact on cancer outcomes. Their relentless efforts are focused on improving prevention strategies, enhancing early detection methods, and developing effective treatments, with the ultimate aim of saving lives and improving the well-being of those affected by cancer.

Benefits

  • Flexible Working

    We encourage a flexible working culture, including options such as home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job-splits, compressed and core hours. We offer a high level of flexibility for the vast majority of our office-based roles, meaning that you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

  • Income Protection and Life Assurance

    We provide all staff with free insurance policies, paying 50% of your salary if you are unable to work through illness, and up to 4 times your salary for your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen and you die while in our employment.

  • Pension

    Our Retirement Plan is worth up to 12% of salary and offers all employees a flexible way to build a pension fund, no matter which stage of your career you’re at. You’ll be given choice, control, financial benefits and valuable protection benefits. It is a defined contribution plan, which means contributions paid into the plan by you and by Cancer Research UK are invested in the funds you choose—you can have as little or as much control over this as you want.

  • Payroll giving

    We offer all employees a way to support any charity of their choice tax-free through their salary. Payroll Giving is a very effective way of supporting causes close to your heart: A £10 monthly donation will only cost you £8 as a standard tax-rate payer and even less, £6 if you are higher tax-rate payer.

  • Annual Leave

    For the majority of our roles we offer 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays, and an extra day for Christmas Eve. You can choose to use the religious bank holidays flexibly.