Post-doctoral Research Associate
- Employer
- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- £39,882-£42,239 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
- Closing date
- 12 Jun 2022
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- Academic Discipline
- Life sciences
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Related
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Job description
Applications are invited for a 12 month Post-Doctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Diabetes at King’s College London, working with Prof. Shanta Persaud’s group.
The project is focused on determining the effects of C1QL1-derived proteins on isolated mouse and human islet function in vitro and on glucose homeostasis in mice in vivo. The post holder will use in vitro molecular/cell biology and in vivo techniques and results arising from this study will build on our ongoing research investigating how C1QL1-derived proteins improve islet function and also identify whether long term administration in vivo has beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis through increased insulin secretion and/or beta-cell mass.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant biomedical sciences subject and have expertise in using mouse models for metabolic studies and/or in vitro assessment of cell function. Prior experience of islet biology research would be an advantage.
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 12 months
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent
Key responsibilities
• Management of the research project on a day-to-day basis
• Maintaining lines of communication with Prof. Shanta Persaud.
• Integrating within the wider Department of Diabetes at King’s College London.
• Supervision of MSc/BSc/visiting students where required.
• Presenting work at national and international conferences.
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Essential criteria
1. PhD in a relevant biomedical sciences subject
2. Expertise in using mouse models for metabolic studies, including diet-induced obesity, glucose tolerance tests, insulin tolerance tests
3. Expertise in general molecular cell biology techniques such as cell/tissue culture, qRT-PCR, immunoblotting, immunoassays, (immuno)histochemistry.
4. Good communication (both written and verbal) and presentation skills.
5. Self-motivated, ability to work independently.
Desirable criteria
1. Experience with isolation and functional analysis of islets of Langerhans.
2. Experience of G protein-coupled receptor research
Company
King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.
King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.
King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.
King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.
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- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
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- +(44)02078365454
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