Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed term)

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic and motivated Post-Doctoral Research Associate/Fellow to join the laboratory of Professor Alan McIntyre within the Centre for Cancer Sciences based in the Biodiscovery Institute at the University of Nottingham. The successful candidate will work on a UKRI-funded project to evaluate spatial metabolic profiles in cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the bile duct.

You will utilize preclinical tumour models, high dimensional techniques including spatial mass spectrometry and immunocytochemistry, alongside complementary state-of-the-art molecular biology approaches to identify biomarker relevant metabolic profiles. As part of this study you will also have access to freshly collected samples from human volunteers, on which you will perform similar analyses.

This post is full time (36.25 hours), fixed term until 30 April 2026. Job share arrangements may be considered. Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

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