英国爱丁堡大学分子生物学博士后岗位

Research Fellow-Molecular Biology : Edinburgh, UK

Position

a postdoctoral position—research organisation in the animal sciences

Institution

The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh

Website

http://www.ed.ac.uk

Location

Edinburgh, UK

Date Posted

May 07, 2009

Date Expires

May 28, 2009

Description

The Roslin Institute is a world-leading research organisation in the animal sciences, part of the University of Edinburgh, and associated with the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (RDSVS) to form a new expanded organisation. The Institute will occupy a major new Institute Building at Easter Bush in 2010, in a beautiful rural environment just south of Edinburgh.

We invite applications for two postdoctoral positions in The Roslin Institute to join the group of the director, Professor David Hume FRSE.

Research Fellow-Molecular Biology
　　£29,704- £35,469

The post will work on a core-funded post with Professor Hume on the transcriptional regulation of the CSF-1 receptor locus in mouse and rat and the molecular biology of macrophage differentiation. The work will involve targeted mutagenesis of the locus in ES cells.

The position is available for 2 years in the first instance. The appointee will preferably have specific skills in cultivation of ES cells, with gene targeting expertise and animal experience.

Contact

Ref: 3010878. Closing date: 28 May 2009.

Applications should include a full CV, and names and contact details of three professional referees. Information about the Hume group can be obtained from the Roslin web site (www.roslin.ed.ac.uk), and further information about the positions can be obtained by e-mailing David.Hume@roslin.ed.ac.uk.

For further particulars and an application pack visit our website (http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/) or telephone the recruitment line on 0131 650 2511.