The School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences (MDBS) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Assistant within the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research.
The successful candidate will be an active member of the research project/team assisting in the planning and delivery of research activity within a specified area so that the overall research objectives of the project are met.
The successful candidate will undertake and deliver of research activities with dry-lab based investigations aiming to investigate prognostic/predictive biomarkers in colorectal cancer.
The project will involve the analysis of tissues microarray for protein/mRNA markers, correlation with other genetic biomarkers and survival of colorectal cancer patients, using material of pan-EU study. This is a well delignated project involving writing up of data in manuscript at end of the project.
The research assistant will work as part of an interdisciplinary, cross border team in collaboration with Paris Descartes (Paris).
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please see the Candidate Information link below.
This post is fixed term for 12 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding. At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
We offer an excellent employment package that includes:
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/
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