Serna Bio is building the world’s first map of the druggable transcriptome, systematically opening up the universe of RNA biology to small molecule drug discovery. Using our Discovery Platform, we are tackling the classically intractable targets ranging from coding and non-coding RNA.

The Team You’ll Join

We are looking for a multifaceted Lead Scientist to join our Stevenage-based R&D lab and contribute to our Molecular Cell Biology R&D and Operations efforts. This is a unique opportunity to join us at an early stage in a dual/flexible role. Deliver on our R&D work by executing in the lab, and shape our laboratory operations as we scale.

The Impact You’ll Make

In this role, you will help drive the expansion of our in-house molecular biology and Cell culture work, accelerating our R&D capabilities and developing our Lab Operations

Working with a small and nimble team, you will be our internal resource for multiple projects in-house, ranging from novel method development and scaling existing technologies, to managing multiple workstreams and projects to help our R&D work and laboratory growth.

As an ambitious start-up, we work at pace and with complexity so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to grow as a scientist and to expand your talents outside of your current comfort zone.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and improve methods for executing cell-based & in vitro assays at scale
• Implement and improve sequencing protocols and platforms
• Participate in collaborative genomic projects.
• Internal assay development activities in various assay formats
• Responsible for working with the wider R&D team to develop project-specific experimental strategies, techniques, and procedures, and to interpret and model data.
• Overseeing a range of duties supporting and developing laboratory operations and administration for sequencing workflows.
• Independently work on sample processing, library preparation workflows (e.g.RNA-seq) and other molecular cloning / mammalian cell culture