Project Scientist

EDU Passport LLC; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich, UK invites a Project Scientist to join the Food, Microbiome, and Health programme. The role centers on animal work and in vivo studies within a collaborative, international project funded by MRC/FAPESP.

You will establish mouse lines, perform in vivo studies, harvest tissue, and train staff and students, contributing to data collection and manuscripts. Excellent organisation and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with animal handling and in vivo experiments.
• Holds a Home Office Personal Licence or equivalent.
• Basic competency in molecular and cell biology techniques (nucleic acid and protein extraction, PCR/qPCR, immunoblotting, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, microscopy).
• Experience in preparing manuscripts and supervising students.
• Excellent record keeping and time management.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and characterising mouse lines.
• Perform in vivo studies.
• Harvest tissue for analysis.
• Perform basic wet-lab techniques.
• Contribute to data collection.
• Training and supervision of staff and students in above work.

Skills

Animal handling

In vivo experiments

Data collection

Training and supervision

Education

Home Office Personal Licence or equivalent

Tools

PCR/qPCR

Immunoblotting

ELISA

Immunohistochemistry

Flow cytometry

Microscopy

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Job Description

Project Scientist Applications are invited for a Project Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Naiara Beraza in the Food, Microbiome, and Health programme at Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), based in Norwich, UK in a FAPESP-MRC funded collaboration with the groups of Patrick Varga-Weisz (University of Essex), Radu Zabet (Queen Mary University, London) and Marco Vinolo (UNICAMP, Brazil). Background: The gut microbiota normally supports nutrition and immunity but can also underlie inflammatory processes, such as observed in colitis.

Chronic inflammation can predispose to cancer. In this international and collaborative project, funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council, we investigate gene-regulatory mechanisms of sex-dependent gene expression in the intestine in relation to gut microbiota, inflammation and cancer.

The role: The post holder is expected to provide expertise and support in:

• Establishing and characterising (e.g. genotyping) mouse lines
• Perform in vivo studies
• Harvest tissue for analysis
• Perform basic wet-lab techniques
• Contribute to data collection
• Training and supervision of staff and students in above work

The candidate will also have access to training opportunities within the Norwich Research Park and the collaborative network to develop their laboratory and analytical skills.

The ideal candidate: The ideal candidate will have competency and experience in animal handling and in vivo experiments, and holds a Home Office Personal License or equivalent. The post holder will have basic competency on molecular and cell biology methodologies (such as nucleic acid and protein extraction and further analysis by PCR, qPCR, immunoblotting, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and microscopy). They will also have experience in the preparation of manuscripts and supervising students.

Experience in excellent record keeping and time management skills are critical.