Research Fellow (108236-0524)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Fixed term for 3 years

About the Role

For any informal queries, please email Professor Satyajit Mayor at satyajit.mayor@warwick.ac.uk.

You will join the laboratory of Professor Satyajit Mayor in the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences Directorate at Warwick Medical School and work collaboratively with Robert Ernst (Membrane Cell Biology and Biophysics, University of Saarland) and the Molecular Tools and Imaging (MTI) at the HHMI Janelia Research Institute (HHMI-JRI) to define and develop sensors for local membrane properties ranging from the biophysical to the mechanical.

The Mayor laboratory is one of the leading laboratories, working on understanding basic cellular mechanisms that govern chemical, biophysical and mechanical properties of the cell membrane.

The Ernst laboratory is a leading laboratory investigating biophysical mechanisms that influence membrane protein structure involved in read-outs of membrane properties. MTI is at the forefront of developing molecular tools for imaging.

These laboratories study the crosstalk of proteins and lipids in health and disease, using interdisciplinary approaches at the cross-roads of cell biology, biochemistry, synthetic biology, imaging and biophysics.

About You  

You will have an honours degree or equivalent and have a PhD in cell biology, plus experience in molecular cell biology, and an interest in studying membrane biophysics, along with a strong scientific interest and motivation. With evidence of published work on the design of molecular sensors for monitoring properties in a cell.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure. 

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 15 August 2024 at 11.55 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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