Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Department: Barts Cancer Institute
Salary: £40,223 (Grade 4)
Reference: 465
Location: Charterhouse Square
Date posted: 31 January 2024
Closing date: 28 February 2024

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Overview

About the Role

Applications are sought for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work in the laboratory of Dr Tanya Soliman at Barts Cancer Institute. You will join a multidisciplinary team to develop a new method of identifying kinase-substrate interactions.

About You

Essential requirements for this post include a PhD in cell biology or biochemistry and be experienced in standard cell and molecular biology techniques.  Experience in one or more of the following fields is desirable: protein phosphorylation/cell signalling or proteomics/mass spectrometry. Good organization, record keeping and communications skills are essential.

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.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

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
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.

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.

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