Research Assistant/Associate in Smart Bioresorbable Materials for Safer Tumour Ablation

Location: South Kensington

Job Summary

Interested in working at the frontiers of Engineering and Medicine and making a difference in cancer treatment? Have you got experience in the processing/synthesis and characterisation of (bioresorbable) polymers and hydrogels?

Join this adventurous project, funded by CRUK Convergence Science Centre, in collaboration with young leading research teams from Imperial College London (ICL) and Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) / Institute of Cancer Research (ICR).

Our aim is to make minimally invasive tumour ablation safer and more effective by protecting tissues from inadvertent ablation. New injectable bioresorbable materials and devices will be developed that can protect non-target vulnerable tissues during ablation. This will prevent patients having complications that require further therapies (e.g. surgery) and will reduce recovery times and costs.

Duties and responsibilities

You will carry out research on bioresorbable polymers and hydrogels, under the joint supervision of Dr. Emiliano Bilotti (ICL) and Dr. Edward W Johnston (RMH/ICR).

You will generate a set of pilot data, to demonstrate the project proof-of-concept, and work towards attracting larger grant/program funding, instrumental to future in-vitro/in-vivo studies and potential commercial exploitations.

Essential requirements

You will have experience in (most of) the following:

• Processing/synthesis and characterisation of polymers and hydrogels
• Smart Polymers and Actuators
• Additive manufacturing
• Polymer degradation

Research Associate level

Hold a PhD (or equivalent) in Engineering, Materials Science or a closely related discipline, or equivalent research or industrial experience.

Research Assistant level

A first / Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Materials Science or a closely related discipline, or equivalent research or industrial experience

Further Information

Should you require any further details on the role please contact: e.bilotti@imperial.ac.uk

For queries regarding the recruitment process please contact Lisa Kelly: l.kelly@imperial.ac.uk

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.

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Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment. We are an Athena SWAN Silver award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.

Closing date: 26^th May 2024

To apply, visit www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs and search by the job reference ENG03074.

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