Postdoctoral Research Assistant

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to participate in research project in the Biophysical Immunology (www.bpi-oxford.com) Lab led by Professor Marco Fritzsche as part of an EPSRC Programme Grant in close collaboration with Professor Eleanor Stride between the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (KIR) and Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Oxford. The UK is facing a care crisis due to its aging population and the concomitant increase in diseases such as cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's and drug resistant infections whose prevalence increases with age. We urgently need better therapeutic solutions to manage these conditions, prevent premature deaths, enable patients to continue living independently and ease the burden on care providers. Our aim in the proposed research is to bring together scientists from the disparate fields of quantum physics and pharmaceutical chemistry with biomedical engineers, immunologists, and clinicians in order to provide those solutions.

In this role you will manage own academic research and administrative activities, this involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. You will be responsible for the management, further development, and maintenance of the UTSE platform and will act as a source of information and advice to other members of the group on scientific protocols and experimental techniques. You will be expected to participate in EPSRC grant’s research programme led by Prof Marco Fritzsche and collaborate in the preparation of scientific reports, journal articles, and present papers and posters locally and at national and international conferences. 

To be successful in this role, it is essential that you hold a relevant PhD/DPhil (or near completion), together with relevant experience in physics, optics, or a relevant discipline. You must have expertise in areas such as lightsheet-based fluorescence microscopy, optics design, and application; AI-based bioimage analysis of large data volumes acquired by fluorescence microscopy; and cytotoxicity, immunology, and T cell biology. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to manage your own academic research and associated activities and contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation. You must show a willingness to apply for external funding for the research projects and have previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations.

It is preferrable that you have experience of independently managing a discrete area of a research project and actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication. However, these skills are not essential. 

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 

This is a fixed-term, full time position for 3 years.

The closing date for this position is 12 noon on 27th February 2024. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.