Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

UE07:
£37,099.00 to £44,263.00 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £39,347 to £46,974 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Deanery of Clinical Sciences / Institute for Regeneration and Repair / Centre for Inflammation Research.

Fixed-Term for 12 months.

Full time - 35 hours per week.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to pursue goals on our CRUK funded Biology to Prevention Project award.

The project and PI team will provide resource and support for you to develop a novel transgenic model system in zebrafish, aimed at inducing somatic mutations with precise temporal control to model the earliest events of tumour initiation.

The bioinformatician on the team will facilitate you to perform single-cell-Omics analysis to capture cellular state changes triggered by the mutation as well as environmental factors, thus potentially addressing the key question in cancer biology: How cells carrying oncogenic mutation transition toward a tumour initiating state.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the research community focused on tumour initiation for better cancer prevention and early detection.

This is also an opportunity to launch your own career by pioneering a model system with a key aim in mind but also pertains to broader impact in the zebrafish disease modelling field.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Expertise and highly competent in molecular cloning & CRISPR technologies.
Evidence of a strong trackrecord in some aspect of cell and/or developmental biology and/or cancer biology.
Evidence of a strong work ethic, independent thinking and ability to work as part of a research team.
Readiness and ability to: contribute novel ideas to the project, learn new techniques as the need arises and overcome experimental difficulties. Vigorously maintain quality of research data generated.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

A competitive salary.
You will have supportive and compassionate mentors and your career development is at the heart of a successful project.
The Feng lab is located at the Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, you will be part of a diverse and vibrant international community with the Institute for Regeneration and Repair.
As a postdoctoral fellow you will have access to a wide range of professional training courses workshops and internal ECR orientated funding opportunities for enhancing your career development.
University of Edinburgh provide Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, familyfriendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our
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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Further information is available on our
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Key dates to note:

Interviews are expected to be held on the week commencing 22 nd April 2024.