Overview
The Department of Veterinary Medicine, commonly known as the Veterinary School, is situated adjacent to the city centre of Cambridge on Madingley Road, on the University’s West Cambridge Site. The site currently houses the Department of Physics (Cavendish laboratories), the Nanoscience centre, the new Physics of Medicine facility and the Gates Computational Science centre, sections of the Department of Engineering, residential accommodation, and a nursery. The site is being further developed to provide new purpose built accommodation for science and technology departments, as well as a centre of excellence meeting centre. The main building of the Department incorporates the Queens Veterinary School Hospital. Further details about the Department are available at http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/. The Lab of Viral Zoonotics includes four University staff, seven post-doctoral scientists, three research assistants and four graduate students and is led by Jonathan Heeney, Professor of Comparative Pathology.
Role
We require a Research Assistant to work on an NIH funded project to assist in the analysis and understanding of viral variants that escape vaccine induced neutralising antibodies. This person will be responsible for performing single genome amplification (SGA) of viral genes that evolve in natural infection as compared to those which evolve under vaccine induced selective pressure. The study will involve sequence analysis, cloning and production of pseudoviruses to determine viral fitness of different envelope variants and neutralisation assays to determine if derived variant envelopes are capable of vaccine escape.
You must have a University degree and lab experience in molecular biology and virology. Experience with PCR, next generation sequencing, capillary sequencing, cloning, cell culture, working with viruses in bio containment laboratories and performing viral neutralisation assays will be very advantageous. The candidate should have good communication skills and be able to write reports and present them to the lab group and collaborators. For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Mariana Varela by email mv307@cam.ac.uk
Vacation Entitlement
You are entitled to paid annual leave of 33 days plus public holidays in any one academic year. The periods or period of leave must be agreed, in advance with the head of the institution. The period for calculating entitlement for holiday is the academic year, i.e. 1 October to 30 September.
Contract Period
The proposed start date is 1 st April 2011. The appointment will be for a period up to 31 st March 2012 and will be subject to a 6-month probationary period.
Stipend
The pensionable scale of stipends for a Research Assistant is £23,566.00 to £26,523.00
Hours of Work
Your hours of work should be agreed between yourself and your Head of Institution. As a guideline the General Board expect the average full time working week to be in the region of 37 to 40 hours a week.
Equal Opportunities
The University of Cambridge is committed to a policy and practice which require that entry into employment with the University and progression within employment be determined only by personal merit and by the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular appointment and the relevant stipend or salary structure.
No applicant for an appointment in the University, or member of staff once appointed, will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of sex (including gender reassignment), marital or parental status, race, ethnic or national origin, colour, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age. If any employee considers that he or she is suffering from unequal treatment, he or she may make a complaint which will be dealt with through the agreed procedures for dealing with grievances.
Part-Time Working & Disability
The University has policies on arrangements for part-time work and disability.
These can be accessed on the University website at
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/ should any applicant have
specific requirements at interview they should contact Melissa Large as a
matter of urgency.
Pre-employment Checks
An offer of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of a pre-employment health check. Whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.
Application Procedure
Applicants should supply the following documents:
• A letter of application stating areas of interest
• A current Curriculum Vitae
• A completed CHRIS/6 application form
For a CHRIS/6 application form contact Melissa Large on 01223 337055, or
download from http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/
Applications should be sent for the attention of Melissa Large, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES in order to reach her no later than the closing date of 16 February 2011.
Please note that applications will not be acknowledged, but the Department will endeavour to notify individuals who have been shortlisted for interview as soon as possible after the closing date.
Interviews for the post will be held on 2nd March 2011.
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this position
The Department of Veterinary Medicine, commonly known as the Veterinary School, is situated adjacent to the city centre of Cambridge on Madingley Road, on the University’s West Cambridge Site. The site currently houses the Department of Physics (Cavendish laboratories), the Nanoscience centre, the new Physics of Medicine facility and the Gates Computational Science centre, sections of the Department of Engineering, residential accommodation, and a nursery. The site is being further developed to provide new purpose built accommodation for science and technology departments, as well as a centre of excellence meeting centre. The main building of the Department incorporates the Queens Veterinary School Hospital. Further details about the Department are available at http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/. The Lab of Viral Zoonotics includes four University staff, seven post-doctoral scientists, three research assistants and four graduate students and is led by Jonathan Heeney, Professor of Comparative Pathology.
Role
We require a Research Assistant to work on an NIH funded project to assist in the analysis and understanding of viral variants that escape vaccine induced neutralising antibodies. This person will be responsible for performing single genome amplification (SGA) of viral genes that evolve in natural infection as compared to those which evolve under vaccine induced selective pressure. The study will involve sequence analysis, cloning and production of pseudoviruses to determine viral fitness of different envelope variants and neutralisation assays to determine if derived variant envelopes are capable of vaccine escape.
You must have a University degree and lab experience in molecular biology and virology. Experience with PCR, next generation sequencing, capillary sequencing, cloning, cell culture, working with viruses in bio containment laboratories and performing viral neutralisation assays will be very advantageous. The candidate should have good communication skills and be able to write reports and present them to the lab group and collaborators. For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Mariana Varela by email mv307@cam.ac.uk
Vacation Entitlement
You are entitled to paid annual leave of 33 days plus public holidays in any one academic year. The periods or period of leave must be agreed, in advance with the head of the institution. The period for calculating entitlement for holiday is the academic year, i.e. 1 October to 30 September.
Contract Period
The proposed start date is 1 st April 2011. The appointment will be for a period up to 31 st March 2012 and will be subject to a 6-month probationary period.
Stipend
The pensionable scale of stipends for a Research Assistant is £23,566.00 to £26,523.00
Hours of Work
Your hours of work should be agreed between yourself and your Head of Institution. As a guideline the General Board expect the average full time working week to be in the region of 37 to 40 hours a week.
Equal Opportunities
The University of Cambridge is committed to a policy and practice which require that entry into employment with the University and progression within employment be determined only by personal merit and by the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular appointment and the relevant stipend or salary structure.
No applicant for an appointment in the University, or member of staff once appointed, will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of sex (including gender reassignment), marital or parental status, race, ethnic or national origin, colour, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age. If any employee considers that he or she is suffering from unequal treatment, he or she may make a complaint which will be dealt with through the agreed procedures for dealing with grievances.
Part-Time Working & Disability
The University has policies on arrangements for part-time work and disability.
These can be accessed on the University website at
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/policy/ should any applicant have
specific requirements at interview they should contact Melissa Large as a
matter of urgency.
Pre-employment Checks
An offer of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of a pre-employment health check. Whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.
Application Procedure
Applicants should supply the following documents:
• A letter of application stating areas of interest
• A current Curriculum Vitae
• A completed CHRIS/6 application form
For a CHRIS/6 application form contact Melissa Large on 01223 337055, or
download from http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/
Applications should be sent for the attention of Melissa Large, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES in order to reach her no later than the closing date of 16 February 2011.
Please note that applications will not be acknowledged, but the Department will endeavour to notify individuals who have been shortlisted for interview as soon as possible after the closing date.
Interviews for the post will be held on 2nd March 2011.
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this position
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