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Research Associate NATS-320-24-R

University of Kent - School of Biosciences

Location: Canterbury
Salary: £38,205 to £42,978 minimum per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 8th November 2024
Closes: 6th December 2024
Job Ref: NATS-320-24-R

Contract Type: Fixed Term - 36 Months

Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 06 December 2024  (unless otherwise stated)

Interview Date: Tuesday 17 December 2024

Are you interested in biological and biomedical research with the ability to contribute to research-led teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels? Are you committed to excellence in research? If so, this exciting opportunity may be ideal.

Dr Wei-Feng Xue is looking for a Research Associate to join his laboratory to undertake the exciting research detailed on a BBSRC grant awarded to the School of Biosciences. The candidate will be responsible for specific duties involved in the project entitled “Creating in vitro assembled protein nano-fibrils that mimic polymorphous disease-relevant amyloid structures formed in vivo”. 

In this exciting project, a transformative technology will be developed to allow three-dimensional structural reconstruction of individual amyloid fibrils imaged by atomic force microscopy (AFM) aided by cutting-edge biophysics and structural bioinformatics approaches. This technology will be applied to create and validate in vitro systems that generate human disease relevant amyloid structures capable of mimicking those found in vivo inpatients.

As Research Associate you can expect to be involved in:

  • Devising and undertaking appropriate experiments to achieve the goals and milestones as described in the research programme, submitted to the sponsor. This would include a significant element of independent work, e.g. in the planning and execution of experiments, and the write up of work for high-quality peer-reviewed publication.
  • Interacting with the supervisor at University of Kent, and any other members of the collaboration to deliver the project.
  • Writing regular reports to the supervisor, compile data acquired in a form to allow rapid transformation of documented research results into high quality research papers and/or patent applications, communicate the results during regular meetings.
  • Maintaining an up to date/detailed log of the research activity undertaken and of the data/results obtained.

What will you bring to the role?

  • PhD degree or equivalent background awarded (or about to be) in a relevant subject such as Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology or other related subjects.
  • Training/knowledge/experience in protein biochemistry, protein biophysics and structural biology
  • High proficiency in general computer skills, and training/knowledge/experience in computational data analysis and the interpretation and presentation of such results.

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number NATS-320-24.

Further details:   

Please note that we prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

Applications must be made via the University’s online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

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