Post-Doctoral Research Associate

About the Role
Applications are invited for a 24-month post-doctoral position to study the immunological landscape of sarcoidosis. The successful candidate will lead a project to better understand the mechanistic underpinning of the immunobiology of sarcoidosis, using the various and extensive sarcoidosis patient cohorts at Bart’s Hospital. The work will involve state of the art immunological assays, such as spectral flow cytometry, single-cell RNA-sequencing, and TCR repertoire analysis.

About You
You will be hard-working, highly motivated, and able to work independently and collaboratively within a team, and across both the University and Trust. The postholder will have a strong background in human immunology, molecular biology, tissue culture, and single-cell analytical methodologies.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Blizard Institute was established in 2003 and is one of six Institutes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL. The Institute comprises approximately 360 staff based in four academic Centres and one Public Engagement Centre and supports a combined total of c750 postgraduate research and taught students. The Institute aims to deliver excellence in all aspects of research, teaching and clinical service.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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