Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

The main aim of this post is to identify and investigate novel pathways in pituitary adenoma development. The candidate will work with both human-derived material, mice models, and cell lines. The post-holder will be the key scientist on the project, which is led by Prof Márta Korbonits and Dr Federica Begalli. The post is part of a close collaboration with a pharmaceutical company. The post-holder will be part of the group of three postdoctoral fellows, two clinical fellows, a PhD student and a technician. The post-holder will have the opportunity to participate in lab meetings, departmental research meetings, and will be given the opportunity to co-supervise students. The post-holder will have the opportunity to gain novel molecular biology and in vivo animal research techniques and attend scientific conferences.   

About You

The candidate should have a PhD and ideally post-doctoral experience in molecular biology, and in vivo animal research experience is highly desirable. The candidate is expected to have a productive track record, and experience working in a laboratory. The post-holder will work independently in the lab and have experience in a variety of techniques that span from tissue culture to molecular biology, ideally including cell culture, immunoassays, immunoblotting, in situ hybridisation, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy. 

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The position is within the Centre for Endocrinology at the William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London at the Charterhouse Square campus. The Centre for Endocrinology is a well-established large centre for basic, clinical and translational research in paediatric and adult endocrinology.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to:

Prof Márta Korbonits at m.korbonits@qmul.ac.uk or on +44 20 7882 6238.

Dr Federica Begalli at f.begalli@qmul.ac.uk or on +44 20 7882 6204.

For further details and to apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button.

Interviews are expected to be held early March 2025.

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