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Research Assistant/Associate

Newcastle University

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £29,619 to £34,308 per annum.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 3rd February 2023
Closes: 19th February 2023
Job Ref: 25070

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We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a researcher to join our team. You will work in the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research under the supervision of Professor Rob Taylor and will be characterising human primary cell lines and models affected by novel mitochondrial disease gene variants and developing genome-wide CRISPR screens.

This post is to support on-going research within the Genomics and Gene Discovery team. You will have a very strong background in studying cellular models of mitochondrial dysfunction in relation to human genetic disease. Further, it is essential that you have extensive experience in using CRISPR/Cas genome editing technologies, human cell culture, protein techniques, cellular subfractionation and the preparation of mitochondrial samples, cloning/plasmid construction and confocal light microscopy imaging.

This post will require you to prioritize work with readily available access to guidance for non-standard work activity. They will also be requirement to run standard analyses and record results in an agreed format.

This post is fixed term until 30th April 2024.

For informal enquiries contact: Professor Rob Taylor - robert.taylor@ncl.ac.uk

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here.
Find out more about our Research Institutes here.

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of research role profiles. These profiles set out firstly the generic competences and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and secondly the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.

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