0858-23 Graduate Research Assistant – Jobs at Aston
Job Description
School of Biosciences
| Location: |
Aston University Main Campus |
| Salary: |
£32,332 to £34,980 per annum |
| Grade: | Grade 07 |
| Contract Type: |
Fixed Term (18 months) |
| Basis: |
Full Time |
| Closing Date: | 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 22 December 2023 |
| Reference: | 0858-23 |
| Release Date: | Tuesday 05 December 2023 |
The School of Biosciences is excited to announce a BBSRC Super Follow-on Fund supported project aiming to deliver extracellular vesicles engineered to carry inflammation-controlling cargo and to support the translation to novel therapies for chronic wounds. Chronic wounds are a major challenge affecting 3.8 million UK patients each year and can be a debilitating consequence of ageing.
Working within the laboratory of Prof Andrew Devitt and Dr Ivana Milic, you will join and support a strong multidisciplinary team using cutting edge technology to undertake key technical developments to move the research to the next stage of exploitation as a product to benefit wound healing. This novel and fundamental development will have a significant impact in the field of wound healing and regenerative medicine.
Within this project we will be engineering cell lines to express our cargo of interest and using these to generate at high density EV for functional testing in models of wound healing. Experience of eukaryotic cell culture is essential whilst experience of transfections, western blots, flow cytometry, analysis of EV and isolation of cells from blood are all highly desirable.
We are looking for a candidate with a desire to support and develop exciting translational science, to be an enabling team player and support success in this project.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof Andrew Devitt: a.devitt1@aston.ac.uk
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