Research Officer in Gynaecological Cancers

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College of Utilized Sciences
Location:  Brighton – Moulsecoomb
Wage: 
£33,966 to £38,205
every year
Contract Size: 36 months
Closing Date:  Sunday 07 April 2024
Reference:  AP4039-24-096

We’re presently in search of a fixed-term Analysis Officer for 3 years to work on a undertaking entitled Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Modulation in Gynaecological Cancers. 

The profitable applicant, you’ll be a part of a vibrant, pleasant crew to work on a undertaking that’s centered on investigating the advantages of GR modulators utilized in mixture with customary chemotherapy and immunotherapy brokers. You’ll be anticipated to work to supply impartial analysis, ship the scientific goals of the undertaking and contribute to the submission of publications to refereed journals. Additionally, you will be anticipated to help in pupil supervision.

There may be rising proof that modulation of the GR can enhance prognosis in sufferers and overcome resistance. Nevertheless, the position of GR modulators on tumour survival and affected person prognosis isn’t effectively understood in gynaecological cancers. Moreover, the advantage of GR modulators both alone or along with chemotherapeutic and newer immune modulators must be examined. On this undertaking, the candidate will check using relacorilant and CORT125326 in breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers. It is a translational undertaking, and the candidate will make use of in vitro and in vivo fashions of gynaecological cancers, and patient-derived organoid fashions.

This position is a good alternative to develop your profession and help analysis within the space of most cancers. Candidates will need to have some analysis expertise/experience and creating additional abilities in and information of analysis strategies and strategies ideally a postgraduate qualification/PhD or an equal degree {of professional} expertise in an aligned topic space related to cell biology and have expertise in cell tradition and customary molecular biology strategies. Pre-clinical work is preferable.

Casual enquires could also be addressed to Professor Melanie Flint ([email protected]).

Interview dates might be held in April/Could.

It is a full-time, 3 12 months mounted time period put up.

Additional particulars:

The College is dedicated to creating and sustaining an inclusive setting for all workers no matter age, incapacity, household or caring tasks, gender id, marital standing, being pregnant or maternity, race, faith or perception (together with non-belief), intercourse and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and variety in our working, studying, analysis and educating setting and are dedicated to sustaining a supportive and inclusive group. We significantly encourage candidates from Minority Ethnic backgrounds as a result of the College is under-represented by Minority Ethnic workers.

For the overwhelming majority of our roles, we function an agile working system with time break up between engaged on campus and on the worker’s house. It’s the College’s expectation that house working will happen throughout the UK.

Additional details about working for us, in addition to the wide selection of advantages we provide, may be discovered within the working with us part of our vacancies web page.