Location: | London |
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Salary: | £43,205 to £46,732 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 6th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 19th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | 095036 |
About us
The Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) at King’s College London (KCL) is looking for one highly enthusiastic research scientists to drive collaborative research projects in the laboratory of Prof. Tony Ng, Head of Richard Dimbleby Laboratory of Cancer Research.
The postholder will be part of the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)-KCL Translational Oncology Research Hub, an exclusive research collaboration between GSK and the CCC at KCL. This partnership aims to create a personalised strategy for patients at high risk of recurrence by monitoring for dynamic biomarkers that can predict resistance during treatment or recurrence in the post-treatment phase: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/17/gsk-teams-with-kings-college-to-use-ai-to-fight-cancer?bingParse.
About the role
The team will use patient derived organoids (PDOs) and state-of-the-art imaging techniques to study how tumour cells interact with immune cells. These will be modelled in collaboration with the GSK Artificial Intelligence Unit to distinguish between high and low risk patients.
The postholder will be responsible for developing and maintaining PDOs and will apply a number of molecular and cell biology and imaging assays in order to identify and model the tumour genomic and immune changes that will distinguish patients that will have high and low risk of recurrence after primary treatment.
This is a full-time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30/06/2026.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.
Desirable criteria
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Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
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