Research Fellow in Cryo-electron Microscopy of Virus Samples

Location: Leeds - Main Campus

Working time: 100% - We are also open to discussing flexible working

Contract type: Fixed Term (3 years)

Are you looking to join a laboratory with an internationally-leading profile? Do you have a background in the uses of cro-electron microscopy in the study of virus assembly/genetics/structural biocheminstry? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

You will work alongside highly experienced Postdoctoral Fellows, participating in work involving in vitro studies of virus assembly mechanisms, and in particular, how viral genomes help to regulate formation of their protective shells. These assembly mechanisms can also be the targets of novel, evolutionarily-conserved, anti-viral therapy. The thrust of the laboratory is to use non-traditional tools and technologies, e.g. asymmetric cryo-electron microscopy, single molecule biophysics and mathematical molecular modelling, alongside more traditional techniques.

You should have a PhD (or be near to completion - i.e. the initial thesis needs to have been submitted at the point of application) in Biochemistry; Genetics or Molecular Biology, with experience in cryo-EM reconstruction and their uses to provide asymmetric structural information.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit the Government’s page, Apply for the Global Talent visa.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Peter G Stockley, Supervisor & grant Holder in Leeds

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 3092.

Email: p.g.stockley@leeds.ac.uk

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