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Job details
Job reference
19/107787
Date posted
02/09/2019
Application closing date
02/10/2019
Salary
£33,797 to £36,914 per annum.
Job category/type
Research
Attachments
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Research Fellow
Job description
Queen's University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland and is a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities. Queen's combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos. We have over 24,000 students, 4,200 staff and an annual turnover of some GBP 300m. We offer generous terms and conditions
of employment underpinned by excellent benefits including attractive well-being, family friendly and other lifestyle benefits.
Our five core values - Integrity, Connected, Ambition, Respect, Excellence - are shared by our staff and students, representing the expectations we have for ourselves and each other, guiding our day-to-day decisions and the way we behave as individuals in an international organisation.
The Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine (WWIEM) is an interdisciplinary research centre which is committed to the highest quality scientific endeavour, with over 250 basic and clinical scientists working on site. Our mission is to understand the mechanisms of disease and use that understanding to develop innovative new treatments and therapies to improve patient outcomes.
We are recruiting for a highly productive, ambitious and collaborative Research Fellow who will be member of a research team led by Dr. Selinda Orr in the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine. This 2-year position will involve working as part of a research programme that is investigating host immune responses to fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans, in order to identify potential immunotherapy targets. The project will utilise in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of fungal infection and is based in a highly collaborative team, carrying out basic and clinical research with partners locally, nationally and internationally.
The successful candidate must:
Have or be about to obtain a PhD in Immunology or related area.
Home Office personal licence (modules 1-3) or equivalent qualification.
At least 3 years recent relevant research experience in fungal immunology.
Recent extensive hands-on experience in at least four of the following:
Tissue culture
Culture of fungal pathogens
Cell infections with fungal pathogens
ELISAs
Fungal killing assays
In vivo models of fungal infection
RNA processing and RNAseq analysis
Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Rebecca Coll via email
r.coll@qub.ac.uk.
Candidate Information
About the Institute
About the Group
Further information for international applicants
Note to EEA applicants on Brexit
Job title
Research Fellow
Job reference
19/107787
Date posted
02/09/2019
Application closing date
02/10/2019
Salary
£33,797 to £36,914 per annum.
Job category/type
Research
Attachments
Blank
Job description
Queen's University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland and is a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities. Queen's combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos. We have over 24,000 students, 4,200 staff and an annual turnover of some GBP 300m. We offer generous terms and conditions
of employment underpinned by excellent benefits including attractive well-being, family friendly and other lifestyle benefits.
Our five core values - Integrity, Connected, Ambition, Respect, Excellence - are shared by our staff and students, representing the expectations we have for ourselves and each other, guiding our day-to-day decisions and the way we behave as individuals in an international organisation.
The Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine (WWIEM) is an interdisciplinary research centre which is committed to the highest quality scientific endeavour, with over 250 basic and clinical scientists working on site. Our mission is to understand the mechanisms of disease and use that understanding to develop innovative new treatments and therapies to improve patient outcomes.
We are recruiting for a highly productive, ambitious and collaborative Research Fellow who will be member of a research team led by Dr. Selinda Orr in the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine. This 2-year position will involve working as part of a research programme that is investigating host immune responses to fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans, in order to identify potential immunotherapy targets. The project will utilise in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of fungal infection and is based in a highly collaborative team, carrying out basic and clinical research with partners locally, nationally and internationally.
The successful candidate must:
Have or be about to obtain a PhD in Immunology or related area.
Home Office personal licence (modules 1-3) or equivalent qualification.
At least 3 years recent relevant research experience in fungal immunology.
Recent extensive hands-on experience in at least four of the following:
Tissue culture
Culture of fungal pathogens
Cell infections with fungal pathogens
ELISAs
Fungal killing assays
In vivo models of fungal infection
RNA processing and RNAseq analysis
Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Rebecca Coll via email
r.coll@qub.ac.uk.
Candidate Information
About the Institute
About the Group
Further information for international applicants
Note to EEA applicants on Brexit