Senior Research Technician (Grade I)/Laboratory Manager
Biology of ageing in C. elegans
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDONGower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK.
10th January 2004
Seeking an exceptional individual with a real passion for research, and skills in classical and molecular genetics and microscopy. You will join a growing research team working within a local network of excellent research groups, in one of the UK's top research universities. You will work principally as lead researcher on your own project, acting much as a post doctoral research assistant (i.e. participating in scientific conferences, keeping up with reading, and contributing to writing papers). The main topic of research will be the control of ageing by endocrine factors, oxidative damage and nutrition. You will also provide some support for other projects, and perform some laboratory management work (e.g. curating a nematode strain collection). Experience with model organism genetics, especially C. elegans, a big advantage. This could be a good job for someone with some years of experience as a postdoc, as well as an experienced research technician. The post is initially for 3 years, and is available immediately. Starting salary: £29,073 (47,020 EUR, $42,340)(includes London allowance)
Applicants should send a CV with names, addresses and emails for at least 3 referees to David Gems, e-mail: david.gems@ucl.ac.uk Tel: (+44)(0) 20 7679 4381. Please contact David Gems if you have any enquiries about this post
The post is part of a new 5 year co-ordinated programme supported by the Wellcome Trust within the Functional Genomics Initiative. It commenced in October 2002, its aim to understand the biological basis of the ageing process. Building upon studies of dietary restriction, free radical biology, and the recent discovery of an insulin-like signalling system controlling longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, and possibly mice, the project will combine investigation of the fully sequenced genomes of model organisms, with the search for common determinants of ageing in worms and flies, to identify and test determinants of ageing in mice. This research consortium is co-ordinated by Professor Linda Partridge (UCL) and involves the laboratories of Dr Martin Brand (MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge), Dr David Gems (UCL), Dr Sally Leevers (Cancer Research UK, London), Professor Janet Thornton (European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton), and Dr Dominic Withers (UCL)
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