Research Fellow (109770-1024)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: 36 months

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Samuel Dean (Assistant Professor) at Samuel.Dean@warwick.ac.uk. 

Situated in the new £54 million Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB) at Warwick Medical School, you will work in Dr Samuel Dean’s group investigating the cell biology of African trypanosomes, an important model system for understanding eukaryotic cell biology.

Your main task will be to drive a project investigate the dynamic processes involved in flagellar assembly. To this end, you will use diverse microscopy techniques (electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and ultra-expansion microscopy), genetic, biochemistry and advanced mass spectrometry techniques. You will also contribute towards other projects, help supervise student projects, and contribute to the smooth running of the lab as required.

About You  

You will have a PhD or be expecting to receive a PhD in the near future. You will have evidence of having done high quality research relevant to the position (e.g. published articles and/or preprints); experience in electron microscopy and/or biochemistry will be especially welcome. In addition to your main project, you should be willing to contribute towards other projects ongoing in the lab. You should be willing and able to travel to international conferences to present your work. You will be personable and able to contribute to a lively, friendly and supportive team atmosphere.

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 28 November 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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