Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Dr Nekisa Zakeri’s lab within the Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute. This exciting Wellcome Trust funded project will use advanced 3D patient-derived models to develop gamma delta T cell-based immunotherapeutic strategies for liver cancer and investigate the liver tumour microenvironment. Depending on the candidate’s expertise, the project may also extend to in vivo murine models.

The postholder will have opportunities to contribute to supervision of MSc/PhD students and collaborate with partner research centres.

About You

The successful candidate will hold a PhD (or close to completion) in Cancer Immunology or a related discipline. Applicants should have expertise in tissue-derived 3D modelling approaches including organoid and/or tissue slice models, and experience with immune cell co-cultures, flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Experience in animal research is desirable.

We are seeking a motivated researcher with excellent communication, teamworking, and research management skills.

About the Institute

The Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) is a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence whose work aims to transform the lives of those with and at risk of cancer through innovative research in the laboratory, in patients and in populations. It is one of six institutes within The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD) BCI is internationally renowned in many areas of cancer research and it combines ground-breaking basic research with the expertise of clinicians and clinician scientists from the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine and the Barts NHS Trust to achieve improvements in cancer patient care. BCI is also a partner in the CRUK City of London Major Centre (together with UCL, Kings and the Francis Crick Institute) which is a Centre of Excellence in Biotherapeutics. BCI is committed in supporting and developing future cancer researchers through its extensive postgraduate training.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.