Postdoctoral Research Associate

We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate with a background in experimental tissue biology and/or biophysics to hitch the interdisciplinary laboratory of Dr Adrien Hallou on the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, based mostly throughout the Nuffield Division of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science.

You’ll contribute to a Kennedy Belief for Rheumatology Analysis (KTRR) funded challenge on the biophysical determinants of cell destiny choices in pores and skin inflammatory illnesses. Utilizing a pioneering method referred to as spatial mechano-transcriptomics, lately developed by the Hallou Lab and collaborators at Columbia College (USA) and the College of Cambridge (UK), this challenge goals to characterise the spatial modifications in cell and tissue mechanics and gene expression that happen in pores and skin inflammatory illnesses comparable to psoriasis and atopic dermatitis at single cell decision.

You’ll handle an interdisciplinary analysis programme and related administrative actions, contribute scientific concepts for brand spanking new analysis tasks and signify the analysis group at exterior conferences/seminars, both with different members of the group or alone. You’ll advise different members of the group on scientific protocols and experimental strategies and supply supervision of technical employees and analysis college students, together with coaching and mentorship.

You’ll maintain a related PhD/DPhil (or close to completion) and have intensive analysis expertise and specialist information of experimental pores and skin biology/biophysics and/or grownup epithelial stem cell biology/biophysics. Expertise of single-cell and spatial omics experiments and/or knowledge evaluation, in addition to beforehand held/in a position to get hold of a Dwelling Workplace Private licence, is important. Expertise of sentimental tissue samples assortment, preparation, and mounting for histology and/or immunofluorescence, confocal and stay fluorescence microscopy, and tissue explant cultures and/or organoid cultures is fascinating.

This can be a fixed-term, full time place for 3 years, with a contemporary potential begin date of 01/09/2024, attributable to funding constraints.  

Because of the nature of the analysis on the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, this job would require further safety pre-employment checks:

•    A passable fundamental Disclosure and Barring Service verify

•    College safety screening (e.g., identification checks)

The cut-off date for this place is 12 midday on Wednesday 3 April 2024. You’ll be required to add a CV and supporting assertion as a part of your on-line utility.

Your supporting assertion should clarify the way you meet every of the choice standards for the put up utilizing examples of your expertise and expertise.