Location: | London |
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Salary: | £42,099 to £50,585 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 29th April 2024 |
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Closes: | 10th May 2024 |
Job Ref: | B02-06834 |
About us
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced scientist to join UCL as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working in the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, a Division in the Faculty of Life Sciences, ranked No.2 in London and No.9 in the World for Life Sciences and Medicine (QS Rankings by Subject 2023).
About the role
The Acton Lab, funded by Wellcome and Cancer Research UK, aims to understand anti-tumour immune responses and how adaptive immune function is regulated by stromal cells in the tumour microenvironment and sentinel lymph nodes. You will need a combination of excellent understanding of molecular and cell biology with a special focus on in vivo immunology techniques and cancer biology.
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About you
The successful candidate will form part of a collaborative team funded by a Wellcome Discovery Award spanning 8 years. We will work closely with Professor David Withers and Professor Menna Clatworthy and their teams to investigate the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures in cancer, autoimmunity and aging using both clinical data and animal models.
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What we offer
The LMCB is a research-intensive Division within the Faculty of Life Sciences and has an international reputation for research excellence, with a mission to understand the fundamental principles of cell and tissue biology relevant to human disease. The LMCB has full access to a range of state-of-the-art equipment, and to bioinformatics, a high content-biology facility and cutting-edge technology platforms for light and electron microscopy.
The advert will close on 10th May 2024 at 23:59 GMT, however we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. Early application submission is recommended.
Interview Date(s) are scheduled for: mid-May.
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