Research Associate - Glasgow, United Kingdom - University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Job Purpose
The postholder will be working with Professor Matt Berriman [Principal Investigator] within the School of Infection and Immunity.

You will make a leading contribution to a project investigating the developmental biology of schistosome blood flukes using single cell sequencing and spatial transcriptomics.

You will also be expected to contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals as well as help manage and direct this exciting project as opportunities allow.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Take a leading role in the planning and conduct of assigned research individually or jointly in accordance with the project deliverables and project/group/School/College research strategy.
Document research output including analysis and interpretation of all data, maintaining records and databases, drafting technical/progress reports and papers as appropriate.
Establish and maintain your research profile and reputation and that of The University of Glasgow/ School / Research Group, including establishing and sustaining a track record of independent and joint publications of international quality in high profile/quality refereed journals, enhancing the research impact in terms of economic/societal benefit, and gathering indicators of esteem.
Presentation of work at international and national conferences, at internal and external seminars, colloquia and workshops to develop and enhance our research profile.
Take a leading role in the identification of potential funding sources and to assist in the development of proposals to secure funding from internal and external bodies to support future research.
Take a leading role in developing and maintaining collaborations with colleagues across the research group/School/College/University and wider community [eg Academic and Industrial Partners].
Take a leading role in team/group meetings/seminars/workshops and School research group activities to enhance the wider knowledge, outputs and culture of the School/College.
Take the lead in the organisation, supervision, mentoring and training of undergraduate and/or postgraduate students and less experienced members of the project team to ensure their effective development.
Perform administrative tasks related to the activities of the research group and School, including budgets/expenditure.
Make a leading contribution to teaching activities [eg demonstrating etc] and associated admin as assigned by the Head of School and in consultation with Principal Investigator.
Keep up to date with current knowledge and recent advances in the field/discipline.
Engage in personal, professional and career development, to enhance both specialist and transferable skills in accordance with desired career trajectory.
Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of Research School.
Contribute to the enhancement of the University's international profile in line with the University's Strategic Plan - World Changers Together.

These key tasks are not intended to be exhaustive but simply highlight a number of major tasks, which the staff member may reasonably be expected to perform.

Qualifications

Essential:

A1.

Normally Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 [PhD] in Parasitology, Developmental Biology or alternatively possess the equivalent in professional qualifications and experience, with experience of personal development in a similar or related role[s].

Knowledge and Skills

Essential:

C1. A comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge in parasitology, flatworm biology and other areas related to the field of research.
C2. Excellent skills in a range of histology, immuno-histochemistry, FISH and imaging.
C3. Excellent standard molecular biological skills, such as handling DNA, RNA and plasmids, RT-PCR amplification, cloning and sequencing.
C4. Skills in tissue culture.
C5. Knowledge of schistosome life cycle maintenance in the lab.
C6. Knowledge of mouse models of schistosome infection, including techniques for evaluating in vivo responses and harvesting parasites.
C7. Sufficient depth of relevant research experience, including postdoctoral experience in a related field, appropriate to an early career researcher.

Desirable:

D1. Skills culturing snail and intra-mammalian stages of the schistosome life cycle.
D2. Skills with bioinformatic analyses and data handling, including use of command-line tools.
D3. Skills using R for analysis experimental data.
D4. Skills in RNA sequencing analysis of host and / or parasite mRNA expression.

Experience

Essential:

E1. Experience designing large-scale 'omics' experiments.
E2. Experience with long-term parasite cultivation.
E3. Experience with cell and tissue isolation and fixation approaches.
E4. Experience using image analysis to study gene/protein expression within tissues.
E5. Proven ability to deliver quality outputs in a timely and eff