Postdoc position, University College London

University College London is one of the world top universities for postdoctoral studies owing to excellent training and its friendly, collaborative, multidisciplinary and scientifically outstanding environment. The UCL Cancer Institute is now recruiting post-doctoral researchers to work on ground-breaking projects in genetics and epigenetics of cancer, as well as ageing, signalling and metabolism as they relate to cancer biology. We offer several individual and collaborative projects led by Dr. Ivana Bjedov (Adv Genet. 2015;90:1-101; Biochem Soc Trans. 2011 Apr;39(2):460-5; Cell Metab. 2010 Jan;11(1):35-46) in collaboration with Prof. Stephan Beck (Nat Rev Genet. 2011 Jul 12;12(8):529-41; Nat Biotechnol. 2008 Jul;26(7):779-85; Nat Genet. 2006 Dec;38(12):1378-85) and Prof. Paolo Salomoni (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 27;112(4):1059-64; Neuron. 2012 Apr 12;74(1):122-35). To address crucial questions in cancer biology, we use mouse and Drosophila model organisms, as well as a variety of mouse and human cell culture systems, including stem cells. The institute is equipped with cutting-edge equipment and core facilities for bioinformatics, flow cytometry and cell sorting, proteomics, genomics, imaging, in vivo biology and histopathology.

The aim is to select and train excellent scientists and encourage their independent future careers. Therefore, we seek high-achieving postdoctoral candidates, with less than 2 years of postdoctoral experience, who will be competitive in obtaining postdoctoral fellowships. Only candidates with published first-author papers in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals will be considered. We are interested in hearing from talented PhD students near completion of their PhD that are eager to start their postdoctoral career in outstanding laboratories of the UCL Cancer Institute. This position is available to students having, or being near completion of, a PhD degree in a biological subject, and from any nationality or country. Candidates should have extensive experience in molecular biology techniques, microscopy and tissue culture. We particularly encourage students with Drosophila experience.

Please send one PDF document containing a letter of motivation and your CV, clearly stating all your previous laboratory experience and your supervisors, your publications, and details of 2 referees to CI.Vacancies@ucl.ac.uk with “Postdoc position Bjedov-Beck-Salomoni” in email subject. For any informal inquiries, please feel free to contact Ivana Bjedov (i.bjedov@ucl.ac.uk). For further information regarding the Institute please see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer and http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer/research/department-cancer-biology

The deadline for applications is 20th March 2016.

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