Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bone Bioengineering

About the Role

This is an exciting position where applicants are invited to join a multi-disciplinary team of bioengineers, biomedical scientists, and computer scientists working together at Queen Mary across the Centre for Bioengineering, Blizard Institute, and Barts Cancer Institute.

The project will investigate the mechanisms through which breast cancer invades and colonises bone tissue using in vivo models to replicate disease. We are particularly interested in the effects of exercise on the development of bone lesions, and the potential role played by mechanosensitive osteocyte cells in this condition. You will evaluate their interactions using in vivo micro-CT, intravital imaging, spatial transcriptomics and molecular analysis techniques, identifying the key pathways governing this process.

About You

We are looking to appoint a European Research Council-funded PDRA with a background in preclinical animal models of cancer and metastatic disease. The ideal candidate will have a biomedical sciences or bioengineering background, with experience of preclinical models and a background in skeletal conditions. Alternatively, you could be an engineer with biomechanical or other relevant skills in inflammation and pathology, though with experience of working with bone tissues.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) is a large, research-intensive School within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, comprising over 100 academic staff and a vibrant community of approximately 1,700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, alongside more than 150 PhD researchers. The School is supported by a dedicated team of administrative and technical professionals, creating a strong and collaborative higher education environment.

SEMS is part of Queen Mary University of London, one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, recognised for delivering world-class education and impactful research. The School offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research culture, ranked 7th overall in the UK for research excellence in REF2021, and 2nd nationally for world-leading research outputs.

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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