Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform Research Associate

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK

Salary: £28,695-£37,394

Reference: PS06912

Closing date: 20 September 2015

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 January 2018 in the first instance.

The Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform (PSCP) is a hub in the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform, a joint research council programme to tackle the critical challenges in developing new regenerative treatments (www.ukrmp.org.uk). PSCP is a multi-disciplinary collaboration focussed on the quality controlled manufacturing and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells suitable for clinical applications (http://www.ukrmp.org.uk/hubs/cell-behaviour-differentiation-and-manufacturing/).

A post-doctoral position is available for a PSCP project based in Cambridge under the direction of Roger Barker, Ludovic Vallier and Austin Smith at the Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute (www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk).

The research is centred on optimising the generation from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells of neural derivatives suitable for development of cell based therapies, in particular midbrain dopaminergic neurons for Parkinson’s disease.

Candidates should have a PhD with experience in the culture and analysis of pluripotent stem cells or neural stem cells and/or neuronal differentiation and functional characterisation supported by relevant publications. Applications are encouraged from candidates with a translational focus and an appreciation of cell production requirements for clinical trials.

Technical support is available and access to a range of flow cytometry, imaging and qPCR instrumentation.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/7926. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the ‘Apply online’ button and register an account with the University’s Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

The closing date for all applications is the Sunday 20 September 2015.

Please upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application to supplement your application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Informal enquiries about the post are also welcome via email on jobs@stemcells.cam.ac.uk.

Interviews will be held week commencing 12 October 2015. If you have not been invited for interview by 9 October 2015, you have not been successful on this occasion.

Please quote reference PS06912 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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