Research Assistant - Oxford, United Kingdom - University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The Alzheimer's Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ARUK-ODDI) is seeking a Research Assistant who will play a key part in driving the translational goals of our project teams.

You will become an integral part of project teams working on drug discovery projects and employ cutting edge biochemical and biophysical techniques to explore protein structure-function, to identify novel ligands for the targets of interest, and to understand the molecular pharmacology of the target proteins.

You will be responsible for managing your own research on a number of dementia projects and administrative activities.

You will develop cellular, biochemical and biophysical assays and optimise them for utilisation in high throughput screening campaigns and compound evaluation cascades and determine the most appropriate methodologies to test compounds and identify suitable alternatives if technical problems arise.

You will also be responsible for general laboratory management and administration, including stock control of laboratory consumables.

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 24 months and is funded by Alzheimer's Research UK.

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