Research Associate Leicester, England
University of Leicester
Full Time
Leicester, England
37386 - 43155 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
About the role
The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology are looking to appoint a Research Associate to investigate the importance of air pollution in promoting bacterial-host interaction.Our interdisciplinary research shows that air-borne particulate pollutants impact directly on bacteria to potentiate infection, irrespective of the effect of pollutants on the host. We found that physical interaction of bacteria with particulate pollutants result in unusual patterns of gene expression, increasing colonisation of abiotic and biotic surfaces including the respiratory tract. However, understanding of how air pollutants alter bacterial interaction with the human respiratory tract is severely lacking.
The aim of this project is to increase understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in the relationship between bacterial pathogens and respiratory tract health.
About you
You will have a PhD in Microbial Genetics (awarded or submitted) as well as evidence of contribution to peer-reviewed journal papers. You will have extensive experience working with bacteria, as well as specialist knowledge of bacterial physiology, especially adaptive responses to environmental particulate pollutants and anaerobic growth conditions. Your knowledge will also consist of molecular microbiology, including host-bacterial interaction. Alongside this, you will have experience of working with advanced imaging technology, clinical samples and have extensive experience with human tissue culture.To be successful in this role, you will need to have proven ability of training and supervision of new members of the lab, including undergraduate and PhD students and work experience trainees as well as evidence of research productivity.
Additional information
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Julie Morrissey at [email protected].
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