Job Description

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Job ID: 037725
Salary: Grade 6/31 £38,826 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
Department: Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
Research
London

This is an exciting opportunity to join an interdisciplinary team of King’s College London scientists working on a funded MRC programme using human induced pluripotent stem cells as tools to understand the influence of natural genetic variation on HIV replication and identifying genes and networks that regulate HIV infection.

The postdoc will work under the supervision of Dr. Alessandra Vigilante and Professor Michael Malim and play a key role in setting up an innovative inter-disciplinary strategy able to analyse different omics data sets and integrate them with phenotypic data. The project will employ state of the art genomics, statistical and bioinformatics approaches to discover novel human cell factors and pathways that regulate HIV-1 replication.

We look for an ambitious candidate with established expertise in bioinformatics, specifically dealing with large omics data sets and data integration. S/he will have solid programming skills, expert knowledge of scripting languages such as R and/or Python and proficiency in working on high-performance Linux clusters.

Interested candidates should get in touch with Alessandra Vigilante ([email protected]) for further information.

About the Faculty:

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine is one of the largest and most successful centres for research and education in the UK. It consists of over 2000 staff and 5000 students within seven Schools and two Schools of Education.

Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) Department: ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/bmb/our-departments/centre-for-stem-cells-regenerative-medicine)

CSCRM is located on the Guy’s Hospital Campus in central London. It acts as a nucleus for vibrant research community spanning the entire University and the NHS Foundation Trusts of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. The goal of CSCRM is to bring together researchers with diverse skill sets and a common interest in elucidating the extrinsic and intrinsic signals that regulate stem cell behaviour.

Infectious Diseases Department: (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sims/our-departments/department-of-infectious-diseases/department-of-infectious-diseases)

The Infectious Diseases Department comprises a multi-disciplinary team developing fundamental knowledge n areas that include HIV/AIDS, SARS-CoV-2, Ebola virus, Influenza virus, viral vectors, Shigella and drug-resistant microbes. Research programmes withing the Dept use state-of-the-art molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatic technologies to develop innovative processes of diagnostics, prevention and treatment. The Dept is embedded within an environment notable for its strengths in immunology and inflammation biology as well as the translation of scientific discovery into the clinical arena.

Contact details: Dr. Alessandra Vigilante, [email protected]

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 31 Dec 2024.
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.

Closing date: 10-Jan-2022

Apply link: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/037725/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-in-Centre-for-Stem-Cells-and-Regenerative-Medicine