Research Fellow X2 - Coventry, United Kingdom - University of Warwick

University of Warwick

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Coventry, United Kingdom

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Description

Location
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***University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Department
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***Warwick Medical School - Biomedical Sciences

Position Type
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***Full Time, Fixed Term

Duration
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***Fixed-term for three years, with potential to increase to five years

Salary
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***£33,966 - £44,263 per annum

About the Role
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***You will join the laboratory of Professor Satyajit Mayor in the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Division of Biomedical Sciences at Warwick Medical School. The Mayor laboratory works on understanding basic cellular mechanisms that govern local organization of the cell membrane and connect this to cellular and organismal physiology. In particular, you will explore the role of membrane structure and organization on membrane receptor signalling.

About You
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***You will have an honours degree or equivalent and have a PhD in cell biology, plus experience in molecular cell biology, cellular differentiation, and studying membrane organization, along with a strong scientific interest and motivation. With evidence of published work stem cell differentiation and experience in transcriptomics, lipidomics and imaging.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure.

Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.

About the Department
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***We offer an outstanding interdisciplinary environment for discovery science in one of the best universities in the UK. The Centre of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at the University of Warwick seeks to understand the principles of cellular self-organisation with a focus on the role of mechanics in processes that enable cell duplication, movement, repair and membrane organization. The centre is home to 19 principal investigators with backgrounds in cell biology, computer science and physics. It is housed in the Mechanochemical Cell Biology building with state-of-the art imaging facilities.

The post holder will also join Warwick Biomedical Sciences (BMS). Areas of research excellence in BMS focus on quantitative molecular, cell and developmental biology, host-pathogen interactions and human reproduction.

For further information about Warwick Medical School, please visit our website.

About the University
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***Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We're one of the world's top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be 'world leading or internationally excellent'**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress.

Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

QS World University Rankings 2024

**Research Excellence Framework 2021

How to Apply
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***The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

What we Offer
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***We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
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***Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award.

The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed.

More information is available on the University