Research Associate
University of Sheffield -Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Job Reference Number: UOS006370
Contract Type: Fixed-term until 30 April 2016
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Salary: Grade 7 £28,685 to £29,541 per annum.
Closing Date: 13 May 2013
This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary research team studying therapeutic protein production. This work is funded as part of a three-year research grant awarded from BRIC (Bioprocessing Research Industry Club) BBSRC. This multidisciplinary project comprises Professor David James, Dr Mark Dickman, Dr Paul Dobson, Dr Josselin Noirel (Chemical and Biological Engineering) and Prof Neil Lawrence (Department of Computer Science). The project will focus on predicting protein production rate from mRNA sequence. The project will aim to quantify the turnover (synthesis and degradation rates) of thousands of CHO cell mRNAs and proteins in parallel during fed-batch culture of a model CHO cell line using high throughput transcriptomic and proteomic approaches.
Applicants should hold a PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant aspect of biological/physical science, have experience of designing and developing research, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Applicants should have experience in quantitative mass spectrometry analysis.
This post is fixed-term with a start date 1 May 2013 and an end date of 30 April 2016
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