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Technician

Newcastle University

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £25,742 to £26,444 with progression to £27,979 per annum.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 15th September 2023
Closes: 20th October 2023
Job Ref: 26163

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.

The Role
We are looking to recruit a laboratory technician to support ongoing research studies on human microbiomes and host-pathogen interactions conducted as part of the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in the Oral Disease, Skin Disease and Immunogenomics. You will have opportunities to develop and apply cutting edge technologies including those arising from high-throughput sequencing, namely single cell RNA sequencing, immunological technologies and developing novel tools to investigate the human microbiome and address host pathogen interactions. The role will include deciphering the function of novel immune cell subsets and resistance markers in the immune system.

Further information on the ongoing work of these teams can be found at:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/people/profile/shobaamarnath.html
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/csbb/people/profile/nickjakubovics.html#backgroundl

The successful applicant will hold: BTEC HNC/HND or equivalent in a relevant subject with technical expertise in microbiology and cellular immunology techniques, including flow cytometry, that will enable the post holder to support the projects.
This post will be physically located in Dental School and Dr. Amarnath's laboratory, Leech Building, Medical School and will benefit from close collaborative working with Postdoctoral Scientists and Senior Academics.

You will be based at Newcastle University (NU), in the Bioscience Institute (NUBI) within the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS). You will have a strong focus on interdisciplinarity and team science, establishing links between Bioscientists and clinicians and have a desire to work with other researchers at NU. Researchers in NUBI and Dental Sciences have excellent opportunities to collaborate with members of our Translational and clinical Research Institute (NUTCRI) and Population Health Sciences Institute (NUPHSI) in FMS and with colleagues in the Department of Dermatology at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This research community provides a unique, diverse and supportive environment where exciting research can expand and develop. The Faculty provides excellent scientific facilities, offering state of the art technologies on site (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/business/facilities/).

Applications should consist of a full CV, and a covering letter and be submitted via our careers page.

For a discussion about this role, enquiries should be sent to nick.jakubovics@ncl.ac.uk or Dr. Shoba Amarnath, shoba.amarnath@ncl.ac.uk.

Interviews are scheduled for November 2023.

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