Geneticist
Ellison Institute of Technology
Geneticist
Ellison Institute of Technology
Interdisciplinary R&D translating science into products
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-02
Workplace: on_site
Department: Plant Biology Institute
Join us at EIT:
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:
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. Explore more at www.eit.org.
Welcome to the Plant Biology Institute:
The Plant Biology Institute, headed by Professor Steve Kelly, is a key part of the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford. The institute aims to develop impactful and commercially sustainable solutions for improving global food production and planetary health through pioneering plant science research.
The Plant Biology Institute will unite world-class researchers who are focused on expanding the frontiers of plant science. Our research is focused on enhancing our ability to feed the planet while simultaneously improving the climate and ecosystem outcomes of food production. By embedding cutting-edge plant science research within an organisation that is focused on solving global challenges at scale, we aim to accelerate the timeline from discovery to global impact.
Areas of exploration include:
Researchers will have access to state-of-the-art laboratory and plant growth facilities and have opportunities to collaborate with experts at the forefront of research on AI, automation, and generative biology across the EIT ecosystem. They will also work with global leaders in market development, commercialisation, and impact creation. The Plant Biology Institute has long-term substantial funding to support the unique scale and ambition of its vision.
Your Role:
The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Scientist-level Geneticist to join its pioneering Plant Biology Institute to contribute to the ‘Photosynthesis and Yield’ programme. This initiative seeks to advance fundamental and applied science in photosynthesis, carbon assimilation, and crop yield improvement to translate findings into commercial opportunities aligned with EIT’s mission of humane and sustainable innovation.
The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and conducting experiments aligned with stage-gated milestones in our discovery pipelines programme. They will take a plants-down approach, building upstream discovery pipelines that start from observing plant performance, natural variation, and evolutionary signals to identify what limits yield and photosynthesis in real biological systems. They will bring strong expertise in quantitative plant genetics, combined with hands-on experience conducting large scale field experiments. They should be comfortable changing how biological systems behave, not just describing them.
This role offers a unique opportunity to conduct high-impact research at the forefront of plant science while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to drive innovation from lab to global impact.
The scientist will be expected to contribute to publications and IP generation and play an active role in translating research into real-world and commercial solutions aligned with EIT’s mission of humane technological advancement. This role offers a unique opportunity to conduct high-impact research at the forefront of plant science while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to drive innovation from lab to global impact.
Your Responsibilities:
Essential Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
-Experience conducting QTL analyses.
-Experience conducting GWAS.
Desirable Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
Our Benefits:
Salary dependent on experience + travel allowance + bonus
Enhanced holiday. Our annual leave allowance is 25 days plus 8 bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year. You will also have the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave in January and July.
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Interdisciplinary R&D translating science into products
The Ellison Institute of Technology unites science, engineering, policy, and entrepreneurship to tackle big global problems through four focus areas: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology; Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture; Clean Energy Generation & Storage; and Artificial Intelligence & Robotics. It translates scientific discovery into commercial products and sustainable companies, reinvesting profits to fund more research; a key project is the GPAS bioinformatics platform for rapid pathogen analysis to help prevent pandemics. The institute differentiates itself through a deep alliance with the University of Oxford, an alliance faculty model that allows researchers to work across both institutions, and patient capital commitments to fund high-risk, high-reward research. Its goal is to solve global challenges by turning scientific breakthroughs into market-ready solutions and sustainable enterprises.
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