Location: | Durham |
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Salary: | £29,605 to £30,487 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 9th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 27th August 2024 |
Job Ref: | 24001483 |
The Role
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant in Biophysics with a particular emphasis on biomolecular assay development for drug discovery. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Liz Morris who is an Assistant Professor in Structural Biology in the Department of Biosciences. Dr Aakash Basu, Assistant Professor in Biophysics also in the Biosciences Department, will be co-supervisor. The aim of the project is to use single-molecule microscopy and other biophysical methods to troubleshoot and optimise fluorescence-based biochemical assays that can be used for high-throughput compound screening at AstraZeneca towards the development of new cancer drugs. The project is funded by a Medical Research Council Impact Acceleration Account and will in volve working in collaboration with the assay development team at the pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, who are based in Cambridge.
The successful applicant will be based at Durham University, working in the laboratories of Dr Liz Morris (based in the Chemistry Dept) and Dr Aakash Basu (based in Biosciences) to carry out experiments, with hands-on training and close supervision provided. You will be required to keep accurate records of your experiments and communicate your findings in regular meetings with the project partners at AstraZeneca. The role will involve visits to AstraZeneca in Cambridge at the start and end of the project. You will additionally be supported to travel to workshops or conferences relevant to the project.
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This post is fixed term for 10 months. The successful applicant will ideally be in-post between 1st November 2024 – 31st August 2025. The funding for the position is time-limited. However the exact start and end-dates are somewhat flexible (up to a latest end-date of 31st January 2026).
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