Research Technician

University of Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Leeds seeks a researcher to support projects in structural molecular biology, focusing on cardiac myosin in heart disease. This flexible position offers various working arrangements and extensive benefits, including holiday and health perks.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays

Discounted gym membership

Access to personal development courses

On-site childcare

Shopping discounts

Travel schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in mammalian cell culture and structural molecular biology techniques.

Responsibilities

• Express and purify proteins using adenovirus-mammalian expression system.
• Perform routine mammalian cell culture.

Skills

Technical support

Structural molecular biology techniques

Mammalian cell culture

Job description

Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Can you provide technical support to research projects? Do you have a working knowledge of structural molecular biology techniques and experience in mammalian cell culture?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 80 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

The laboratory of Dr Scarff and members of her research team, in the Leeds Institute for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine, are investigating the effects of mutation and small molecule modulators on cardiac myosin structure and function, in the context of heart disease. This project, funded by the Medical Research Council, involves the use of recombinantly expressed myosin to study such effects using an integrative structural molecular biology approach.

This post can be undertaken at either 50% FTE for a 3-year period or 100% FTE for a 1.5-year period or equivalent, in which you will express and purify proteins using an adenovirus-mammalian expression system alongside performing routine mammalian cell culture. You will be supported in this work by a postdoctoral researcher.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Charlie Scarff, University Academic Fellow