Laboratory Technical Specialist

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The Role
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic technician with experience of laboratory-based inflammation biology.

We aim to understand the mechanisms of airway/middle ear inflammation and importantly to translate these findings into the development of new treatments and improved delivery of care for children and young people with hearing problems.

You will carry out research as part of a wider team working on a research project studying inflammation/immunity. This project will involve working on the functional assessment of human blood- and airway-derived lymphocytes (particularly B cells), the culture and maintenance of advanced adenoid and middle ear cell cultures and associated molecular biology techniques.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of experimental work including B/T cell challenges, FACS-based techniques, advanced cultures, investigating mechanisms and testing potential therapeutic targets. The project will involve tissue culture of primary cells as well as using broad biochemical and molecular approaches.

You will work closely with other cell biologists and epithelial culture specialists within the wider respiratory research group, including technicians, post-doctoral researchers, and PIs from adult and paediatric backgrounds.

The project involves collaboration with the Sanger Institute, UK, and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, New Zealand.

You will be responsible for the collection, processing, analysis, presentation (writing, graph production, image production, and oral presentations at national/international conferences) and storage of experimental data in accurate, secure, detailed, and up- to-date records of all work carried out to GLP standard.

Reporting to the Institute Technical Manager team and Dr Jason Powell, the successful applicant will display an in-depth knowledge of technical or scientific practices, methods and procedures gained through either experience and/or formal qualification, and will deploy this knowledge to provide a range of technical support activities.

This role is full-time, fixed-term for 3 years.

For informal enquiries please contact Jason Powell at Jason.powell@ncl.ac.uk.

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/.

Find out more about our Research Institute here: Translational and Clinical Research Institute | Faculty of Medical Sciences | Newcastle University.

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