Laboratory Scientist (Temporary) Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Contract: Temporary initial 6 month assignment Hours: Full-time, standard days (Monday Friday) CY Partners are working with a growing and innovative life sciences organisation to recruit an Laboratory Scientist to support ongoing development programmes within their Research and Development function. This is an excellent opportunity for a laboratory professional with experience in tissue culture and antibody based workflows to contribute to the development and optimisation of high quality diagnostic reagents within a regulated environment. The Role You will play a key role in supporting feasibility studies, reagent development and assay verification activities. The position will involve hands on laboratory work, maintaining robust documentation standards and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. Key responsibilities will include: Performing mammalian tissue culture and media preparation using aseptic techniques Supporting antibody purification workflows, including filtration, chromatography and buffer exchange Conducting assay testing on automated instrumentation, including slide preparation and troubleshooting Supporting analytical testing such as ELISA and protein quantification Maintaining accurate laboratory notebooks, batch records and electronic data systems Working in accordance with cGMP / ISO laboratory standards and safety procedures Contributing to assay development, optimisation and ..... full job details .....