Research Associate; University of Cambridge – Department of Physics

Salary: 27,183-35,469 pa

Limit of tenure: Two years.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate to join an HFSP international project: “Nucleoid proteins and DNA structure, global regulation of the bacterial transcription network ” at the Cavendish Laboratory. This is a multi-national project, under the supervision of Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Bianca Sclavi, Kevin Dorfman and Pietro Cicuta, and a number of positions are open to work in one of the four laboratories (located in the UK, France, the Italy and the USA). The overall project is a combination of theory and experiment, with challenges in the engineering of bacteria, microfluidics, optical trapping and measurement automation, as well as bioinformatic analysis.This post is located at the Cavendish Laboratory.  Candidates should have either a strong technical background (related to research in the fields of soft matter physics, biophotonics, microfluidics) or a strong experimental track record on gene regulation in bacteria. Experience in either practical biological laboratory work or analysis (video/image analysis and modelling) is highly desirable. The successful candidate will have a PhD in physics, biology, biochemistry or a related field.

The successful candidate is expected to be in post in January 2010 or soon after.Informal enquiries should be sent to Dr Pietro Cicuta: pc245@cam.ac.uk Applications should be sent to: Ms Tracy Inman, BSS Sector, The Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK, or by email: ti226@cam.ac.uk. Applications should include a full CV, parts I and III of the PD18 cover sheet (see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/), a list of publications and names and contact details of two referees.

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