Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Micro and Nanoparticle Synthesis for Biomedical Applications

☞ University of Oxford TSS

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Oxford South East

Category: Pharmaceutical / Chemical / Biotech

Industry: Education

Job type: Full-time, Contract

Salary: £32,817 - £40,322 a year

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We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant specializing in micro and nanoparticle synthesis for biomedical applications to join an interdisciplinary research team at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (Headington). The post is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and is fixed-term for up to 36 months.
The project forms part of a major new national programme starting in October 2021, on tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The programme is a collaboration between 3 academic institutions (Oxford University, Ulster University, and UCL) and partners representing the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors, clinical medicine and public health. The overall aim of the programme is the development of new technology to enable: better characterisation of bacterial infections, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, high-throughput testing of new therapies, alternatives to antibiotics and infection prevention strategies. As recognised by the 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) report on AMR, the creation of this technology represents a critical unmet need.
The specific objectives of the work to be conducted under this part of the programme are:
  • To design and fabricate particles encapsulating antimicrobial agents that may be stimuli responsive and can be surface functionalized to maximize tissue specificity.
  • To characterize the physical, chemical and pharmacological properties of the resulting constructs including targeting efficiency in tissue mimicking phantoms.
  • To collaborate with other team members to study drug release, uptake and antimicrobial effect in vitro and in vivo.
You should possess a PhD (or be near completion) in chemistry, chemical engineering or a relevant area of engineering or physics, and have experience in the fabrication of micro and nanoparticles for biomedical applications and techniques for their characterisation. You should also have the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team of researchers with both physical and life sciences backgrounds engineers, biologists and clinicians and have strong evidence of research achievement to date. Experience with in vitro cell culture and biomedical ultrasound is desirable.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Eleanor Stride (eleanor.stride@eng.ox.ac.uk) and Professor Robert Carlisle (robert.carlisle@eng.ox.ac.uk).
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:
http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about-us/jobs
Only applications received before midday on Friday, 16 July 2021 can be considered.
You will be required to upload a covering letter, a brief statement of research interests (describing how past experience and future plans fit with the advertised position), CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.
The Department holds an Athena Swan Bronze award, highlighting its commitment to promoting women in Science, Engineering and Technology.
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Deadline: 26-07-2024

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