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Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Chemical Biology (Fixed Term)

Publicerad 2024-09-27

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30 September 2026 in the first instance.

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate to join the group of Professor Bernardes at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge to work on the BBSRC grant "A Platform for Identifying GlycoRNA and Identifying Biases in RNA Pulldown". The role is to develop methods to probe glycoRNA in cells, and to exploit the roles of glycoRNA in cancer.

The successful candidate will have (or be about to obtain) a PhD in chemical biology. They will be highly motivated and able to work independently. Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills are required to ensure success in liaising with a large and diverse research team. Previous experience with bioorthogonal chemistry and purification and charaterisation of modified biopolymers by advanced mass spectrometry is desirable.

The Department holds an Athena SWAN silver award for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.