Post Doctoral Research Associate

The College of Science, Engineering and Setting (SEE) 

The College of Salford has been on the forefront in main analysis to reply among the elementary questions regarding FASD. The UoS FASD analysis crew, who’re a part of this undertaking, is the one UK crew with a observe report acquiring UK funding for FASD analysis. One of many latest key articles from the group might be discovered on this hyperlink: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34590329/ . The early analysis of FASD is restricted by an incapability to substantiate alcohol publicity in the course of the being pregnant. For this unmet want, our imaginative and prescient is to establish a non-invasive biomarker for FASD. Northwest England suffers disproportionately from alcohol-related hurt. The devolution of well being and social care allowed Better Manchester (GM) to reply to FASD, turning into a pacesetter in England.

We convey collectively inter-disciplinary college researchers, technicians, and college students with NHS colleagues to deal with an unmet scientific want, notably benefiting the NW of the nation. We’re delighted that Better Manchester Built-in Care is a part of our crew to grasp this imaginative and prescient.

The undertaking crew members are the founders of the UK FASD analysis collaborative and are at present collaborating with Universities of Surrey, Bristol and Brighton on FASD tasks; relationships that we’ll additional develop with this programme.

Our imaginative and prescient is to develop a proof-of-principle dataset of utilizing small molecules (microRNA) as potential biomarkers for FASD. We give attention to a particular subset of microRNAs which are maternally expressed (therefore related for maternal alcohol publicity), identified for its significance in foetal mind growth and for its significance as biomarkers in numerous human ailments, together with cancers.

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What is going to the function contain?

We’re searching for a post-doctoral fellow to hitch a analysis group led by Dr. Arijit Mukhopadhyay, a part of the Human and Pure Sciences (HANS) directorate inside SSEE. The place is full-time and for a 19-month interval (January 2024 – July 2025). The analysis group is targeted on molecular biology and genomics associated to human ailments. This particular undertaking is on a novel method to find non-invasive molecular biomarkers for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Dysfunction (FASD).

The post-holder can be liable for the co-planning and execution of the experiments. A great candidate can be somebody who has a PhD diploma in one of many following areas or a mixture of those: (i) extracellular vesicles, (ii) transcriptomics, (iii)) non-coding RNA biology and many others; is ready to work independently in addition to a part of a crew, and in a position to deal with each wet-lab and evaluation elements of the undertaking. Expertise in working with nanopore sequencing know-how and evaluation can be a bonus. The function may also require interactions with scientific and well being science collaborators who’re a part of the programme.

If in case you have any questions or would love a chat concerning the function, then please contact Dr. Arijit Mukhopadhyay, at [email protected] .

Interviews will happen w/c 23/10/2023.

What’s in it for you?  

Aggressive wage – and glorious pension scheme

Beneficiant annual depart – plus the choice to purchase extra vacation days  

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