Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £29,605 to £36,024 Grade 6, per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 22nd May 2024 |
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Closes: | 5th June 2024 |
Job Ref: | ED11729 |
About the role
The Department of Life Sciences are looking for a Research Assistant (Grade 6) to join the laboratory of Professor K. Ravi Acharya to work on a project supported by the BBSRC studying the molecular mechanisms of Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and its homologues.
This is a full-time, fixed term role for 18 months.
About you
The successful applicant will be required to carry out most technical steps of the project including protein expression (using bacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian systems), purification and molecular biological techniques and structural biology aspects employed in Professor Ravi Acharya’s laboratory.
Additionally, they should be capable of interpreting the results generated and sharing laboratory responsibilities.
The Research Assistant’s work will align closely with the new research that focus on the crucial structure-function studies of ACE addressing new and important biological questions which will have implications (in the longer term) for the design of new generation of selective inhibitors of ACE combining basic and translational research.
What we can offer you:
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