Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: 2 years in first instance, with potential for extension.

We are looking for a motivated postdoctoral research fellow with excellent tissue-culture skills to join a project focusing on understanding how rare genetic mutations cause lung inflammation, and how this can be targeted therapeutically.

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns.

The Opportunity:

This post is part of the newly-funded LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Disease. The post holder will be a valuable part of a multi-university Consortium aimed at advancing Rare Respiratory Disease research and therapeutics. The successful candidate will further develop model systems, such as lung organoids, to characterise immune responses of a genetic lung disease which predisposes to activation of the STING immune pathway. 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Appropriate degree (e.g., Immunology or Genetics or another area of Biology relevant to the project) with relevant post-graduate research experience and accumulated knowledge 
• A PhD or equivalent professional qualification and/or experience in the field of Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology or other area of Biology relevant to the project. It is possible for the PhD to be completed within 3 months of interview date
• Prior experience in sterile tissue culture
• Prior experience in a “wet-lab” research environment
• Accuracy and attention to detail when carrying out experiments

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