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Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed term)
Life Sciences
| Location: |
University Park |
| Salary: |
£30,487 to £45,585
per annum (pro rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience (minimum £33966 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
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| Closing Date: |
Wednesday 01 May 2024 |
| Reference: |
MED125724 |
We are delighted to welcome a Research Associate/Fellow to join us at the Nottingham Engineering Biology Labs, as a core member of the new GlycoCell UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub!
This is an exceptional opportunity to do exciting, high-impact research as part of the UK's flagship new initiative and large investment in transformative Engineering Biology. GlycoCell is applying Engineering Biology approaches with glycoscience to develop vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/glycocell-engineering-biology-mission-hub
https://www.ukri.org/news/new-100m-fund-will-unlock-the-potential-of-engineering-biology/
GlycoCell is a collaborative, multidisciplinary consortium spanning six UK academic institutions and three industrial partners which will interact extensively as part of the research programmes. This is an excellent career and professional network development opportunity for the successful candidate. Dr John Heap is Principal Investigator and Co-Director of GlycoCell, and the University of Nottingham is the lead Research Organisation.
The Research Associate/Fellow will work on research led by Dr Ben Blount, using synthetic genomics approaches and yeast for therapeutics and diagnostics.
This post builds on established strengths in our labs and involves collaboration with our partners in the GlycoCell consortium. The successful candidate will be part of a large team of Research Associates/Fellows, PhD students, technical specialists and academics with the real capacity to deliver on ambitious objectives leading to excellent outputs and impacts, and the opportunity to support and mentor more junior researchers. We intend to develop future leaders in our field here.
We are passionate about impact, so as well as doing and publishing excellent research, we often work with industry, and we undertake all steps of the innovation pipeline from ideation and invention through to commercialisation, including licensing our technologies to industry and founding startup companies to drive impact. Our research environment provides great opportunities for candidates interested in these aspects.
We are housed in the Biodiscovery Institute, the University of Nottingham’s flagship 800-researcher research complex on the leafy University Park campus. This very well-equipped and well-resourced facility is the perfect home for our research cluster.
Our Nottingham Engineering Biology Labs research cluster is a friendly, welcoming, inclusive and supportive research environment, with a great positive culture. Our members engage with furthering equality, diversity, and inclusion through our activities both within Nottingham and nationally. We are proud that both the University of Nottingham and our home School of Life Sciences hold Athena Swan Gold awards for advancing gender equality.
This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week) role, available on a fixed-term basis for three years with potential for extension.
Job share arrangements may be considered.
Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr John Heap john.heap@nottingham.ac.uk and/or Dr Alexandra Faulds-Pain alexandra.faulds-pain1@nottingham.ac.uk for the two posts involving engineering bacteria for glycan/glycoconjugate production, or Dr Ben Blount benjamin.blount@nottingham.ac.uk for the post involving Synthetic Genomics and yeast. Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted.
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