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

University of Oxford

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Oxford, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Childhood Leukaemia Research Group in the Department of Paediatrics and Molecular Haematology Unit, WIMM as our Postdoctoral Research Associate.

You will play an important role in the contribution of our lab in understanding the developmental origins of high-risk childhood leukaemia.

You will be responsible for managing your own research, contributing to new ideas for research projects, preparing scientific reports, writing up results for publication, and assisting other members of the group or people working on collaborative projects, as well as provide visible leadership through great communication and organisational skills.

You will be working in a growing department within the Medical Sciences Division.

The Department of Paediatrics is a world leader in child health research and hosts internationally renowned research programmes in drug development, gastroenterology, haematology, HIV, immunology, neuroimaging, neuromuscular diseases and vaccinology.

The post-holder will be well supported by an experienced multi-disciplinary research team which includes other postdoctoral researchers and DPhil students in the lab, computational biologists, clinicians, as well as members of collaborating labs.

The Childhood Leukaemia Research Group under the lead of Prof Anindita Roy conducts research in developmental haematopoiesis and childhood leukaemia and has successfully characterised human prenatal B lymphopoiesis, and developed a novel model of infant leukaemia using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

There are two positions available:

Post 1:

This position is offered full-time on a fixed-term contract initially until 30 June 2026 with the possibility to extend provided further external funding is available.

Post 2:

This position is offered full-time on a fixed-term contract initially until 01 April 2027 with the possibility to extend provided further external funding is available.

This role meets the criteria for a UK Skilled Worker visa.

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Application Process

To discuss the post in more detail, please contact Anindita Roy, Associate Professor of Paediatric Haematology using the contact details below.