Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Novel Nanocarriers for Prostate Cancer Therapy

Location: Hammersmith Hospital Campus (East Acton)

Job Summary 

This exciting position, jointly funded by Cancer Research and Prostate Cancer UK, combines microfluidic device optimisation, drug delivery and in vitro/in vivo testing towards the rapid production of next-generation nanomedicines designed to sense the prostate cancer microenvironment. You will be part of a dedicated two-PDRA project team focused on testing the translational potential of such nanomedicines to deliver compounds capable of remodelling prostate cancer tumours for the first time. 

The position is aimed at outstanding scientists interested in developing skills in development and validation of next-generation nanomedicines and their application to cancer biology and medicine, including the use of physiologically relevant cancer models. In this role you will be optimising and testing new tumour-responsive lipid nanocarriers and their ability to deliver compounds capable of prostate tumour remodelling. You will work across a highly multidisciplinary team composed of scientists from the Androgen Signalling and Prostate Cancer lab (Bevan) and Membrane Biophysics Group (Ces, Hindley) plus Cancer Imaging (Aboagye), Nanotechnology (Kamaly) and the Biological Imaging Centre. 

The post provides the opportunity to work within the Division of Cancer, Imperial College London, which excels in basic, clinical and translational research. Imperial is one of the leading research-led universities worldwide and offers an outstanding environment for multidisciplinary research, as well as a broad range of staff support and career development opportunities. In addition, there will be opportunities to acquire experience in supervision of research students and staff. 

Duties and responsibilities

In addition to direct research duties, you will undertake project management, take responsibility for day-to-day supervision of students working on associated projects, submit publications to refereed journals and contribute to attracting external research funding.

Essential requirements

• Hold or about to obtain a PhD or equivalent in a cancer biology related field
• Molecular biology experience
• Cell/tissue culture experience
• In vivo experience
• Willingness to work flexibly, undertake necessary training and work as part of a dynamic team

Desirable requirements

• Experience working with patient tissue
• Immunohistochemistry expertise/experience
• Track record in developing scientific work for publication
• Experience in communicating work to diverse audiences

Further Information

This is a full time, fixed term position for 26 months. You will be based at the Hammersmith Hospital Campus, and collaborate closely with the Membrane Biophysics Laboratory led by Professor Oscar Ces at the nearby White City Campus.

Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £40,694 - £43,888 per annum.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Charlotte Bevan charlotte.bevan@imperial.ac.uk or James Hindley j.hindley14@imperial.ac.uk.

Closing date: 29/04/2024

Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button.

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