Research Assistant in Laboratory Microbiology - Oxford, United Kingdom - University of Oxford

University of Oxford
University of Oxford
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Join one of the country's leading groups working in infectious diseases and pathogen genomics

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Research Assistant with experience in laboratory and molecular microbiology techniques to join an established multi-disciplinary team as part of the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) consortium


The postholder will undertake the rigorous and comprehensive evaluations of currently available and new diagnostics, as well as the development of novel diagnostic workflows for the detection of antimicrobial resistance and infection transmission.

This will involve careful cultivation and some method development around extracting relevant organisms from clinical and environmental samples, subsequent preparation of nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) for short-read and long-read sequencing using established laboratory protocols and optimising approaches to Illumina and Nanopore sequencing.

Additional work will involve the coordination, collection and cataloguing of study specimens for both retrospective and prospective studies.

You will be educated to MSc level in a relevant discipline, or BSc level with substantial relevant experience. You will have strong microbiology laboratory skills and experience of DNA extraction and sequencing methods.

You will be a good communicator with a flexible attitude and an interest in working collaboratively with researchers from different disciplines.

Experience of working with next generation sequencing lab workflows is highly desirable as is an interest in sequence data processing.

The post is full time and fixed term for 12 months.
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