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

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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UE07 £37,099 to £44,263 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 Science and Engineering, School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Cell Biology

Full time contract (35 hours per week)

Fixed term (12 months)

We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to join the Swaffer lab and lead a major research project within the lab's overall focus on understanding how cell size impacts core cellular processes (see and Swaffer et al., Cell 2023 for details).

The Opportunity:

We're a multi-disciplinary group that combines approaches across cell, molecular, systems & quantitative biology, and we welcome applicates from diverse academic backgrounds.

Start date is flexible and funding for this project is secured for at least 4 years as part of an 8-year Wellcome Trust CDA grant to the Swaffer lab.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Strong motivation to contribute to a novel area of cell biology research: _i.e. _understanding the role of cell size.
Skilled with standard techniques across cell and molecular biology.
Expertise / training in one or more of the following: RNA biology, genomics, proteomics, single cell imaging, quantitative data analysis.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

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for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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