Postdoctoral Research Assistant

About the Role

We are looking for an outstanding, post-doctoral researcher with proven expertise and practical experience in biomaterials and bioprinting, with associated relevant experience including cell culture, organ-chip models, tissue engineering, and musculoskeletal biology. The PDRA will plan and conduct experiments, generate high-quality data, prepare publications, make presentations and help supervise associated PhD students. 

The successful candidates will join large, supportive research teams led by Profs Knight, Screen and Connelly all working collaboratively at Queen Mary. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful multidisciplinary centres in this rapidly expanding area of organ-on-a-chip technology.

About You

A Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) is sought to join a large organ-chip research team within Queen Mary’s Centre for Predictive in vitro Models.

This project, entitled, “Micro-manufacturing of tissue patterned organ-chips for accelerated deployment of new medicines”, is funded by EPSRC and supported by 6 industry partners. The project is developing spatial tissue patterning methodologies to control cellular and matrix microenvironments, stem cell differentiation cues and cell populations within next generation organ-chips. The successful candidate will work with 2 other PDRAs to develop the methodologies and translate these into industry by producing and validating a suite of exemplar organ-chip models of musculoskeletal tissues. 

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with 70-80 academics and a similar number of postdoctoral research staff. There are around 1000 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and 220 PhD students, supported by an administrative and technical staff team of 45.

The successful candidates will join large, supportive research teams led by Profs Knight, Screen and Connelly all working collaboratively at Queen Mary. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful multidisciplinary centres in this rapidly expanding area of organ-on-a-chip technology.

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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