Postdoctoral Research Assistant (179911)
Grade: 7: £38,674 per annum
Closing date: 13 June 2025
As a postdoctoral research assistant you will manage your own academic research and administrative tasks, including small scale project management, and adapt existing and develop new scientific techniques and experimental protocols.
We are seeking a highly skilled Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join Professor Michael Dustin’s research group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology. This post will be part of a research group with responsibility for carrying out research on mechanisms regulating immunological synapse formation and function. The post holder provides guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, and PhD and project students.
In this post you will manage your own academic research and administrative tasks, this will include small scale project management to coordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. You will adapt existing and develop new scientific techniques and experimental protocols as well as contribute ideas for new research projects. Additionally, you will test hypotheses and analyse scientific data from a variety of sources, reviewing and refining working hypotheses as appropriate. In this role, you will develop ideas for generating research income, and present detailed research proposals to senior researchers, as well as collaborate in the preparation of scientific reports and journal articles and occasionally present papers and posters.
You must hold a PhD/DPhil in biomedicine or a related field, together with relevant experience. You will have experience in preparing supported-lipid bilayers and performing Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, together with advanced skills in quantitative image analysis. You will have experience isolating T lymphocytes from human blood and performing mRNA electroporation, as well as experience in flow cytometry. You will also have experience with molecular biology techniques, plasmid cloning and in vitro mRNA synthesis. Experience working on ion channels in T lymphocytes and/or immunological synapses and the use of an electronic lab notebook are desirable.
Due to the nature of the research at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, this job will require additional security pre-employment checks:
• A satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service check
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 13 June June 2025.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.
You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.
Please quote 179911 in all correspondence
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.
You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.
Please quote 179911 in all correspondence
This is a full time, fixed term position for 12 months (or until 30/09/2026) in the first instance.
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