Application closing date 02/10/2019
Salary £33,797 - £35,845 per annum
Job category/type Research
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Job description

Queen's University Belfast is one of the prestigious Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities in the UK and Ireland, combining excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos, for our 24,000 students and 4,200 staff, funded through an annual turnover of some GBP 300m.  As a driver of innovation and talent, based on excellence and global strategic partnerships, we offer generous employment terms and underpinned by excellent lifestyle benefits including opportunities for family friendly working and support for wellbeing. 

Our five core values - Integrity, Connected, Ambition, Respect, Excellence - are shared by our staff and students, representing the expectations we have for ourselves and each other, guiding our day-to-day decisions and the way we behave as individuals in an international organisation. 

We are recruiting for a Research Fellow who will be part of a Prostate Cancer UK funded group led by Prof Helen McCarthy.  The group will focus on the development and assessment of a mRNA vaccine in a microneedle patch for Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC). You will be required to perform a range of cutting edge methodologies, through both in vitro and in vivo modelling to assess the immunological impact of the mRNA vaccine. You will be an active member of the research project/team assisting in the planning and delivery of the research activity so that the overall research objectives of the project and School are met.  Additionally, the successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the day to day running of the molecular biology labs.  

The successful candidate must have: 

• Have or about to obtain a PhD in life sciences (immunology, molecular biology, virology, or a related subject).  
• At least 3-years recent, relevant research experience.  
• Experience of human T cell immunology, molecular biology, cellular immunotherapy. 
• Experience of handling and separating blood samples into immune cell components. 
• Experience of performing functional immunology assays. 
• In vivo modelling experience of cancer with a personal license.  

This post is available until 30 September 2020. 

Candidate Information

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Monika Ziminiska via email to m.ziminska@qub.ac.uk

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