About The Role
For any informal queries, please email Professor Satyajit Mayor at [Confidential Information].
You will join the laboratory of Professor Satyajit Mayor in the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences Directorate at Warwick Medical School and work collaboratively with Robert Ernst (Membrane Cell Biology and Biophysics, University of Saarland) and the Molecular Tools and Imaging (MTI) at the HHMI Janelia Research Institute (HHMI-JRI) to define and develop sensors for local membrane properties ranging from the biophysical to the mechanical.
The Mayor laboratory is one of the leading laboratories, working on understanding basic cellular mechanisms that govern chemical, biophysical and mechanical properties of the cell membrane.
The Ernst laboratory is a leading laboratory investigating biophysical mechanisms that influence membrane protein structure involved in read-outs of membrane properties. MTI is at the forefront of developing molecular tools for imaging.
These laboratories study the crosstalk of proteins and lipids in health and disease, using interdisciplinary approaches at the cross-roads of cell biology, biochemistry, synthetic biology, imaging and biophysics.
About You
You will have an honours degree or equivalent and have a PhD in cell biology, plus experience in molecular cell biology, and an interest in studying membrane biophysics, along with a strong scientific interest and motivation. With evidence of published work on the design of molecular sensors for monitoring properties in a cell.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
About The Department
We offer an outstanding interdisciplinary environment for discovery science in one of the best universities in the UK.
The Centre of Mechanochemical Cell Biology at the University of Warwick seeks to understand the principles of cellular self-organisation with a focus on the role of mechanics in processes that enable cell duplication, movement, repair and membrane organization. The centre is home to 19 principal investigators with backgrounds in cell biology, computer science and physics. It is housed in the Mechanochemical Cell Biology building with state-of-the art imaging facilities.
The post holder will also join Warwick Biomedical Sciences (BMS). Areas of research excellence in BMS focus on quantitative molecular, cell and developmental biology, host-pathogen interactions and human reproduction.
Collaborations with the Ernst group at Saarland university will provide an interdisciplinary training in studying membrane biophysics and biochemistry while MTI at HHMI-JRI is world renown in developing molecular tools for imaging cellular properties.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. Weâre one of the worldâs top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be âworld leading or internationally excellentâ**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Thursday 15 August 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click âApplyâ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as
you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
- Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
- Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).
Please see below a guide on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: September 2024
Start Date: TBC
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedâ¯to building an organisation ofâ¯mutual respectâ¯andâ¯dignity, promoting aâ¯welcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingâ¯and learning environment.⯠We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to beâ¯recognised, respected, and valued.⯠Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpagesâ¯here.
The University currently holds aâ¯Race Equality Charter Bronze Award,â¯Athena Swan Sliver Awardâ¯and aâ¯Disability Smart Bronze Award.â¯The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theâ¯EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the Universityâs Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
JD - Research Fellow (108236).pdf â 160KB Opens in a new window
Additional Document
Cover Letter Guide.pdf â 162KB Opens in a new window
Right to Work in the UK
If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK and/or are seeking sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link which contains further information about obtaining the right to work in the UK.
