Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

Applications are invited for the above role in Dr Suchita Nadkarni’s lab. The role will be a 2-year full-time-fixed term position to investigate the role of the maternal immune system and how it may contribute to the development of fetal congenital heart diseases in human pregnancies that are ultimately diagnosed with a fetal CHD. Specifically, the project will involve obtaining maternal blood samples for in-depth immune cell phenotyping and plasma samples from pregnancies that have been diagnosed with a fetal CHD at the 20-week scan. Additionally, at the time of delivery of the baby and placenta, placenta samples will be collected and processed for RNA-sequencing and histological analyses 

About You

The successful applicant will have a PhD in a relevant topic including pregnancy, placenta, inflammation or cardiovascular research. Demonstrable experience in effectively recruiting and consenting patients for clinical studies, as well handling and processing patient blood and tissue samples, as well as a publication record appropriate for the career stage, is required.  

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

This position is within the Centre for Biochemical Pharmacology at the William Harvey Research Institute.

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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