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- Edinburgh
Ansök senast: 2024-06-28
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Grade UE07: £39,347 to £46,974 per annum
CMVM/The Roslin Institute
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 3 years
Vacancies available: 2, based in the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh
We are inviting applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow positions (2 in Edinburgh/2 in Nottingham) to join an exciting new research programme (iBreed) funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a novel in vitro gametogenesis platform. The iBreed programme is a collaborative project between research teams led by Prof Bruce Whitelaw and Dr Tom Burdon at University of Edinburgh (Roslin Institute) and Prof Ramiro Alberio at the University of Nottingham. The team’s expertise in genetic engineering, stem cell and developmental biology will be applied to characterising bovine gametogenesis in vivo, and directing differentiation in vitro. The project will focus on using state-of-the art genomic and epigenetic tools, gene editing and stem cell technologies available in the collaborating laboratories, to generate bovine gametes in vitro.
Your skills and attributes for success:
The posts are available from 1st June 2024 and is a 3 year fixed term contract. These are full-time posts (35 hrs/week for University of Edinburgh posts; 36.25 hrs/week for University of Nottingham posts).
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