BSc Industrial Placement Student
Join our Immunogenetics team and help to coordinate the Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) project, enabling us to continue our lifesaving research.
We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.
By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.
Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.
If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.
We are looking for a BSc Industrial Placement Student to join our Immunogenetics team.
Title: BSc Industrial Placement Student
Salary: £25,963 per annum
Contract: 13-month fixed term, from July 2026
Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)
Location: Fully site-based - Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Hampstead, London
Contribution to a long running, UK-wide research project investigating genetic and clinical factors affecting stem cell transplant outcomes.
Assist with preparation, distribution and receipt of blood and cheek swab sample collection packs.
Responsibility for the daily collection, sterile separation of lymphocytes and the appropriate storage of these samples.
Enter and maintain accurate clinical data on our database. Ensuring that all material (biological, clinical and data) is collected, processed, stored and maintained according to current ethical and laboratory guidelines.
Extract DNA from samples, perform quality assessments, and prepare them for future use.
What’s in it for you?
A competitive salary
27 days annual leave (pro rata), pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
Life Assurance of four times annual salary
Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme
And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)
Please check out the full job description here, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.
Please note: We encourage you to apply as soon as possible – this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of strong applications.
Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.
Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
- Department
- Research
- Role
- Immunogenetics
- Locations
- Anthony Nolan Research Institute
- Yearly salary
- £25,963
- Contract hours
- Full time
- Employment type
- Fixed term
- Closing date
- 12 January, 2026
- Hybrid working expectation
- Fully site-based
Anthony Nolan Research Institute
So how can you tell if you're Anthony Nolan too?
- You’re passionate and dedicated to your work
- You’re innovative and looking for a challenge
- You want to improve and learn every day
- You’re accountable for your work and take pride in what you do
- You’re people and patient focused – you want to make a difference to people’s lives
These five values are what drive and motivate us across all of our divisions. From lab research and tissue typing, to finance, HR and legal, from patient support and logistics, to fundraising, marketing and communications… everyone has a critical role to play in our lifesaving work.
We’re incredibly proud of the people who work for us – and we’re always on the lookout for more passionate and talented individuals. If you like the idea of joining a team that gives four people the chance of life every day, check out our job listings below.
About Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells. Find out more about what we do here.
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