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Salary: Dependent on relevant Postdoctoral experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review. If the candidate has not yet been awarded their PhD, the starting salary will be at £32,844 until the successful completion of their viva.
Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 3 years
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)
Job Details
Summary of Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoctoral research fellow to deliver a CRUK funded research program that will shed light on how intra-tumoural phenotypic diversity affects clonal dynamics and their interaction with the tumour microenvironment.
The successful candidate will collaborate with other members of the lab to generate high-dimensional datasets (CyTOF, CODEX and scRNA-seq) using organoids and in vivo models of prostate cancer.
Key Requirements
The ideal candidate holds a PhD/DPhil (or near completion) in biological or quantitative subject with a strong background in cancer biology and an undergraduate degree in molecular biology or similar subject. Significant wet-lab experience in functional screenings, high-parameter cell suspension profiling and/or single-cell RNA sequencing are essentials. Demonstrated R programming skills, experience in organoid culture, mouse work and mass cytometry would be an advantage
The ICR has a workforce agreement stating that Postdoctoral Training Fellows can only be employed for up to 7 years as PDTF at the ICR, providing total postdoctoral experience (including previous employment at this level elsewhere) does not exceed 10 years
Department/Directorate Information:
Division of Molecular Pathology
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Dr Marco Bezzi via email marco.bezzi@icr.ac.uk
About The Institute of Cancer Research
Why work for us?
As a member of staff, you’ll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.
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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.
We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.
Job Features
| Job Category | Internship and training, Postdoctoral |
