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

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 6 months 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 perform bioorthogonal chemistry to apply in the context of glycoRNA probing. This will consist of reaction optimisation and synthesis of suitable reagents, test the conditions developed at the cellular level and purify and characterise (mass spectrometry) glycoRNA.

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 characterisation of modified biopolymers by advanced mass spectrometry is desirable.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

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Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), a covering letter and publications list in the upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents that have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

For queries relating to the position or the application process, please contact Prof. G Bernardes on (email: gb453@cam.ac.uk ).

Please quote reference MA46535 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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

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