Overview
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the AMBER consortium (Advanced Multiscale Biological Imaging using European Infrastructures) involving multiple institutions across Europe. This prestigious consortium will support 47 postdoctoral researchers and is co-funded by the European Commission Marie-Sklodowska-Curie-Actions. The formal announcement for this position can be found on the Euraxess Call Page. The AMBER consortium was created to address frontier bioscience and includes four research centres and three large-scale research infrastructures. The Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology (LISCB) is part of this consortium and will contribute to collaborative projects on cell imaging, epigenetics and cellular fate, metalloenzyme mechanisms and biocatalysis, enzyme mechanisms and regulatory processes inside the nucleus, and time-resolved imaging of enzymatic mechanisms.
Responsibilities
* Drive an interdisciplinary project to provide a more integrated picture of life processes in the context of health and disease.
* Engage in collaborative projects across partner centres and large-scale infrastructures, including a research secondment to be taken at one of the partnering institutions (3-month duration).
* Contribute to research in cell imaging, epigenetics, enzymatic mechanisms, and regulatory processes as part of the AMBER programme.
* Participate in project planning, execution, and timely delivery of outputs to the required quality standards.
About You / Qualifications
* Relevant PhD with demonstrable experience in a discipline relevant to the project (structural biology, biological or pharmaceutical chemistry, protein production, biochemistry and/or cell biology).
* Practical experience applying research skills and techniques to deliver outputs on time with a track record of publication in high-quality journals (at least one original publication, including co-authored works).
* Eligibility in line with MSCA mobility rules (must not have resided or carried out main activity in the host country (UK) for more than 12 months in the preceding 3 years).
* Ability to prepare a Research Proposal, demonstrate English proficiency, and provide two reference letters alongside a current CV.
* Openness to participate in a shortlisting stage that may include a short video presentation of interest and experience.
Application and Further Information
For full details and downloadable templates for application documents, please see the AMBER Applicants Page. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Dr Tennie Videler at hv33@le.ac.uk. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact relevant project leads to prepare suitable project proposals, with contact details provided on the projects overview page linked above.
Organisational Context
The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and people’s lives, for 100 years. Joining us means becoming part of a diverse community of Citizens of Change, including staff, students, and graduates. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and to the wellbeing of our staff and the sustainability of our environment. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave, with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
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