Vacancies in the Microvascular Research Laboratories

  The MVRL has currently (as of December 2007) one technical position available.

Technical Assistant (Grade D).

Main Job Purpose

Working within the University’Äôs Microvascular Research Laboratories, the post holder will be required to carry out In vivo tumour initiation by cell implantation. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out tumour growth assays, and monitoring of these by visual inspection, calliper measurement, and bioluminescence. This post will involve the handling of, and intravenous administration of substances in immunodeficient backgrounds, as well as insertion of indwelling intravenous and/or urethral catheters, both surgically and by urinary catheterisation, radioactive handling, and recovery experiments. A Home Office license will be required. The post holder will work under the supervision of a postdoctoral research fellow. Graduate Essential.

Statements of Responsibilities

Routine laboratory tidiness and maintenance of apparatus and instruments.
Knowledge and application of the relevant Home Office rules and regulations.
Biochemical monitoring of experimental subjects before, during and after operative procedures.
Assisting in experiments and operations; administration of drugs, injections, etc. to animals:
                  -In vivo tumour initiation by cell implantation.
                  -Tumour growth assays, and monitoring of by visual inspection, calliper measurement, and bioluminescence.
                  -Handling of, and intravenous administration of substances in immunodeficient backgrounds.
                  -Insertion of indwelling intravenous and/or urethral catheters, both surgically and by urinary catheterisation, radioactive handling, and recovery experiments.


This post requires good understanding and experience in in vivo systems, scientific techniques and Home Office rules and regulations. The skills required for this post include good management skills; strong computer skills and good interpersonal skills. These are typical of qualification to degree level and 1-3 years experience.

Background Information:
 
The Department of Physiology is situated within the School of Medical Sciences and the Pre-clinical Veterinary School; it currently comprises about 125 staff.  There are ten professors, five readers, six senior lecturers, four lecturers and three temporary lecturers.  There are nine independently-funded research fellows/lecturers, a further 22 post-doctoral research assistants, and 3 clinicians undertaking preclinical research.  There are 13 University-funded and 10 grant-funded technicians, and four secretaries.  Four six-month teaching demonstratorships (mostly of medically qualified staff) contribute actively to teaching.  The Department’Äôs annual income is in the order of ¬£5.5M, of which over ¬£2M comes from research grants.
The Department has benefited from several major refurbishment initiatives recently, including a new 180m2 suite of modern Cardiovascular Research Laboratories (for the use of staff in the Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology as well as Physiology), and some 600 m2 of the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrated Cell Signaling (referred to above), comprising cell and molecular biology facilities, an upgraded EM preparation suite, and better facilities for whole animal integrated physiology (including viral transfection).  For teaching there are separate new 350 m2 floors for ’Äòwet’Äô physiology and ’Äòdry’Äô histology teaching laboratories, plus an IT suite and some service areas.  Extensive further refurbishments of staff research laboratories (as well as of central facilities) are in hand as part of the ¬£13M SRIF-2 award to the School.











 

Applications

To submit an application, please send a CV to Dr Bates.

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