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We are an interdisciplinary research centre which is committed to the highest quality scientific endeavour, with over 250 basic and clinical scientists working on ground breaking research.
Opportunities
We are always interested in recruiting staff at all levels. The following link provides further information on current job vacancies at Queen's University Belfast: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/. If you are interested in Academic opportunities in WWIEM, please send your CV to d.wylie@qub.ac.uk and we can arrange a time for you to discuss future opportunties with our Director.
Ref: 18/106910
Date posted: 24/10/2018
Application closing date: 21/11/2018
Salary: Assistant £27,831 - £32,236 per annum (potential to progress to £35,210 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution) Fellow £33,199 - £39,610 per annum (potential to progress to £43,266 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution)
Job description: the Research Fellow will be an active member of a research team assisting with an MRC funded Stratified Medicines programme - the UK Refractory Asthma Stratification programme (RASP-UK). The Research Fellow/Research Assistant will join a multidisciplinary team with the goal of conducting clinical trial bio-statistical analysis including day-to-day management of a large multicentre clinical trial database, interim analysis and reporting of safety and outcome data to Investigator team and Trial Steering Committee. The post will also include computational, hypothesis-driven applied clinical research in respiratory disease using large existing clinical datasets.
The University wish to appoint at Research Fellow level but will also consider Research Assistant.
Research Fellow
Job reference: 18/106936
Date posted: 05/11/2018
Application closing date: 05/12/2018
Salary: £33,199 - £37,345 per annum
Job description: the Centre for Experimental Medicine is an interdisciplinary research centre which is committed to the highest quality scientific endeavour, with over 250 basic and clinical scientists working on site. Our mission is to understand the mechanisms of disease and use that understanding to develop innovative new treatments and therapies to improve patient outcomes. We are based in Belfast in the award winning Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine.An experienced and highly motivated Research Fellow is being sought to join Dr Chris Watson's research group based in the Centre for Experimental Medicine. The recruited Postdoctoral scientist will undertake a senior role within a British Heart Foundation funded study focused on epigenetic analysis (DNA methylation) in the pathogenesis of ischaemic heart disease. Both in vivo and in vitro models will be utilised to examine the expression, methylation status, and functional relevance of selected genes/miRNAs/lncRNAs in the context of cardiac tissue ischaemia and fibrosis.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, motivated and efficient individuals with a strong commitment to research. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated research background in cardiac disease and epigenetics. The candidate should be committed to developing a dynamic, academic career in science.
We offer scientific development opportunities in an international and interdisciplinary environment and support our postdoctoral fellows with a Centre-based mentoring program to support career development.