Research Associate - London, United Kingdom - King's College London
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Salary: £43,205 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 22 March 2024.
Closing date: 01 April 2024.
Business unit:
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
Department:
Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Location:
Guy's Campus
Category:
Research.
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Job description
This one-year post funded by Cancer Research UK is focusing on the analysis of the tumour immune microenvironment in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast cancer using spatial transcriptomics, with the aim of identifying a signature of radiation resistance in breast cancer.
The post holder will be based in the Guys Cancer Cancer Centre (Innovation Hub), School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kings College London and be part of the Molecular Breast Cancer Genetics Group led by Professor Elinor Sawyer.
The postholder will focus on the analysis of the tumour microenvironment in two independent samples sets, one of DCIS and one of invasive breast cancer.
Nanostring GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP) will be used to assess the whole transcriptome of distinct biological compartments within the tumour microenvironment - immune, stromal and tumour.
Tissue microarrays have already been from the DCIS samples and will need to be made from the set of invasive samples.
The group of Professor Grigoriadis (also based in the Innovation Hub, Guys Cancer Centre) runs the nanoString GeoMx DSP facility and pipelines to analyse core biopsies, resections and tissue microarrays are established already established.
This is a one-year post to generate preliminary data with the hope of securing further funding to expand the analysis to other breast cancer samples sets.
The post holder will be expected to:
Select samples for analysis
Perform spatial transcriptomics using the Nanostring GeoMx spatial transcriptomics platform
Be involved in the analysis of the spatial transcriptomics with the support of a bioinformatician
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30 April 2025.
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.
Key responsibilities
Selection of samples for analysis
Performing spatial transcriptomics using the Nanostring GeoMx spatial transcriptomics platform
Analysis of the spatial transcriptomics with the support of a bioinformatician
- The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._
Essential criteria
- PhD in Biological Sciences
- Knowledge of cancer genetics and available resources
- Database management
- Experience of working with FFPE tissue specimens
- Competent in the interpretation and technical validation of results
- Competent in the use of standard statistical analysis packages
- Experience of Nanostring GeoMx spatial transcriptomics platform
Interview date is scheduled for 15th April.
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