Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Medicine – UOD1418

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Put up-Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Medication – UOD1418

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Supply DescriptionWe’re recruiting for a Grade 7 Put up-Doctoral Researcher. This place is for 12 months.That is an thrilling alternative to affix a brand new analysis workforce on the College of Dundee. David Koss and his workforce are targeted on understanding the rising position of DNA injury within the growth and development of neurodegenerative illnesses. Particularly, this Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate position will give attention to figuring out the affect of A , tau and alpha-synuclein pathology on DNA injury in a number of autopsy human cohorts of relevance to Alzheimer’s illness and dementia with Lewy our bodies.An preliminary 12-month plan of funding, awarded from Tenovus Scotland is in place to kick begin this program. It’s hoped that extra funding can be out there to construct upon this venture.The analysis will give attention to autopsy human mind tissue and strategies will comprise immunohistochemical staining, confocal microscopy, frozen tissue subcellular fractionation, western blotting, and proteomic evaluation. The proposed work is complementary to initiatives undertaken by others within the lab and can contain collaborations with researchers at Newcastle College, UK and the College of Gottingen, Germany.Having solely just lately been established in 2023, this chance represents an opportunity to affix a small workforce inside its formative early years. The group is already actively publishing and having fun with quite a few collaborations throughout the UK and Europe. The lab is eager to help early-stage researchers to maximise their potential and is devoted to constructing a supportive and inclusive setting. Total, it’s hoped that our collective ardour for the work can exist alongside the enjoyable and pleasure of the scientific course of.Your priorities will embody:

• Finishing up laboratory-based analysis to a excessive commonplace.
• Performing legitimate and efficient evaluation of knowledge from a wide range of experimental procedures.
• Creating, refining, and optimising numerous methodological procedures from current protocols.
• Discussing and contributing to the route of the analysis venture.
• Sustaining a present grasp of related analysis literature.

A robust candidate could have:

• A PhD or will been about to acquire a PhD in a related topic, ideally in pathology/mechanism of neurodegenerative illnesses.
• Information of Alzheimer’s illness, Dementia with Lewy our bodies or DNA injury and DNA injury restore pathways.
• Expertise in autopsy tissue dealing with, common microscopy, picture evaluation and/or biochemical evaluation.
• Expertise in confocal microscopy, superior picture evaluation and automation or Proteomics and bioinformatics can be thought of extraordinarily advantageous.
• Good written and oral presentation abilities.

For additional details about this place please contact Dave Koss at .The range of our workers and college students helps to make the College of Dundee a UK college of alternative for undergraduate, postgraduate and distance studying. Household pleasant insurance policies, workers networks for BME, Disabled and LGBT workers, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Constitution and Stonewall as nicely a full vary of incapacity companies, create an gratifying and inclusive place to work.NecessitiesFurther InfoWork Location(s)Variety of provides out there 1 Firm/Institute UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE Nation United Kingdom Metropolis Dundee Metropolis (GB) GeofieldThe place to use Web siteContact MetropolisDundee Metropolis (GB)STATUS: EXPIRED

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Dundee

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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 01:59:53 GMT

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