Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Department: School of Biological & Behavioural Sciences
Salary: £37,182 - £42,405 per annum (Grade 4)
Reference: 1151
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 5 February 2024
Closing date: 19 February 2024

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About the Role

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) to work at the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS) as an integral member of the ageing and senescence research group (www.rallislab.org).

We seek highly motivated, enthusiastic, and professional candidates with relevant background and with an interest in ageing and senescence. The PDRA will conduct and communicate research as part of a BBSRC grant on integrating cellular space and time. The successful candidate will utilise state-of-the-art multi-omics approaches, microscopy, and cell-based genome-wide techniques assessing gene-gene and gene-drug interactions during cellular ageing.

About You

A PhD (or imminent completion) in a subject relevant to the project is essential, along with experimental and organizational skills. Beneficial skills may encompass working with yeasts, tissue culture, genetic engineering and/or next-generation sequencing. Nevertheless, we do not expect candidates to have prior experience of working within the senescence and ageing biology fields. Strong analytical capabilities, highly organized experiment planning, and experience with working in teams is essential. A range of networking opportunities in this area, including attendance at national events and international conferences is available.

The role will involve the independent running of the research project, preparation of manuscripts using high-quality data, giving oral presentations and assistance with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate members of the lab. You will have the ability to communicate clearly (written and verbal), to organise and document your work efficiently and to deliver projects within an agreed timeframe.

About the School

As a member of the Rallis group (www.rallislab.org) you will be part of a dynamic research community at QMUL. Details about SBBS can be found at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.

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