Research Assistant in Galleria Mellonella Envenoming

Fixed term until 30/11/2025

Part time: Hours per week - 14.5

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About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant in Galleria mellonella envenoming to provide quality research support to an enthusiastic team of academics leading an NC3R funded research project titled ‘Development of Galleria mellonella as a replacement preclinical model for snakebite envenoming to reduce the need for murine models’.

Snakebite envenoming is a globally neglected tropical disease with the only approved treatment being conventional antivenoms. The production of such antivenoms, as well as testing for alternative therapies, requires the use of murine preclinical models. In the first year of this project the role will support the development and validation of Galleria mellonella larvae as an alternative model to murine preclinical studies.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role will be data collection which will include record keeping and also Galleria colony maintenance. Through this post you will adapt learning; skills in the Galleria model, Animal husbandry skills, Knowledge gained on snakebite venom and Authorship in publications.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Rachel Clare, Biochemist at Rachel.Clare@edgehill.ac.uk.

About you

As Research Assistant in Galleria mellonella envenoming, you will have:

• Experience with Galleria mellonella
• Knowledge of snakebite envenoming
• Attention to detail with record keeping
• Independent and intuitive working
• Experience in scientific writing

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