Laboratory Technician - Generative Biology Institute in Oxford

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators and innovators to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change & Managing CO, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.

This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society.

Welcome to the Generative Biology Institute: Led by Founding Director Jason Chin, the Generative Biology Institute (GBI) at the Ellison Institute of Technology is tackling the key challenges in making biology engineerable, and thereby unlocking the unrivalled power of biology for the benefit of humanity. The vision of the GBI is to lay the foundations for engineering biology, and unlock its potential for good. To achieve this, we must overcome two key challenges. First, we need the ability to write in the natural language of biology, enabling the rapid and scalable synthesis of entire genomes with precision. Second, we must understand what to write - determining which DNA sequences will generate biological systems that perform the desired functions. Addressing these challenges will allow us to harness the full power of biology to create transformative solutions across health, agriculture, clean energy and more.

GBI will have sustained and substantial funding to support the unique scale and ambition of its ground breaking vision for engineering biology. GBI researchers will also be supported by cutting edge technology hubs including mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, sequencing, automation, imaging, and bioprocessing. GBI will also have access to substantial compute resources that can be leveraged to further accelerate progress, including scientific compute, bioinformatics, and machine learning. The environment at GBI will allow researchers to undertake ambitious, long term, collaborative research, and we will actively support the translation of research to commercial applications, where appropriate.

The Generative Biology Institute commenced operations in 2025, occupying newly renovated bespoke space in the Oxford Science Park. The team will later move to a purpose made facility in the Oxford Science Park, currently under construction. Once complete, this state of the art facility will include more than 40000 m2 of research laboratory and office space. It will house over 30 groups and up to 600 employees at scale, focused on solving the two critical challenges in making biology engineerable and applying the solutions to addressing the global challenges encapsulated in EIT's Humane Endeavors.

Your Role: At EIT we are seeking an experienced and detail orientated Laboratory Technician to support the smooth, safe, and efficient operation of our laboratories as part of the Lab Operations team. The Laboratory Technician will be responsible for a wide range of day to day operational duties, including managing scientific waste, maintaining stock and inventory systems, receiving and distributing deliveries, supporting laboratory asset management, and helping ensure shared laboratory spaces and equipment remain organised, compliant, and ready for use.

The role will also involve providing responsive support to researchers, helping to resolve operational issues efficiently, and supporting new researchers and research groups as they become established in the labs. Your contributions will directly support the success of research projects by reducing downtime, improving the reliability of laboratory operations, and enabling scientists to focus on their work. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is methodical, reliable, practical, and organised, with strong communication skills and a proactive approach to improving laboratory systems, processes, and the overall researcher experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Laboratory operations & core services: Ensure the laboratory is clean, safe, well organised, and fully operational; support day to day lab operations, including deliveries, stock replenishment, waste handling, LN2 support, and general lab readiness; carry out regular checks of laboratory spaces, shared equipment, consumables, and core operational services.
• Inventory, stock & asset management: Monitor and manage consumables, reagents, and shared stock levels; receive, log, store, and distribute deliveries in a timely and organised manner; maintain accurate inventory and asset records, including equipment location, status, and availability; support stock level systems, asset tagging, and more.