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Investigator Scientist
*MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology*
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £27,084 to £32,324
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary
Placed on: 4th November 2014
Closes: 2nd December 2014
Job Ref: IRC168073
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral scientist to join an
MRC-funded programme of work on the function of the TREX-2 complex and
Nab2 in integrating the nuclear steps of the gene expression pathway
with the nuclear export of mRNA. This will be a training and development
position in Dr Murray Stewart's structural cell biology group and should
start as soon as practicable.
The purpose of this post is to play a lead role in and interdisciplinary
project applying structural, cellular and molecular methods to define
how these proteins bind to RNA and how they influence transcription,
polyadenylation and nuclear export. Further information can be obtained
by contacting Dr Stewart by e-mail (m...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)
You will have a PhD in a relevant biological field and have extensive
practical experience in Molecular Biology and protein purification as
well as in either Structural Biology or yeast Biology. Experience in
handling RNA or in working with protein-RNA complexes would be an
advantage. You should have authored publications in peer-reviewed
journals in a relevant area and be confident in achieving high quality
science in to deliver notable publications as first author.
In addition, you will have excellent organisational and communication
skills, ensuring effective collaboration with junior and senior staff.
You will be efficient, enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a
diverse and energetic interdisciplinary team together with being keen to
learn new methods and extend your scientific areas of expertise.
Working for the MRC means you will have access to a whole host of
benefits from a *final salary pension scheme *and *excellent holiday
entitlement* to access to*employee shopping/travel discounts* and
*salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme *and*childcare vouchers*, as well
as the chance to put the MRC on your CV in the future.
Applications are handled by the UK Shared Business Services Ltd; to
apply please visit our job board at
*http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc168073_4893.aspx*. If you are
unable to apply online please contact us on 01793 867000 quoting
reference IRC168073.
/This position is subject to a pre employment screening./
/The Medical Research Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer./
Dr Murray Stewart,
Programme Leader, Structural Cell Biology,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue,
Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Tel: + 44 1223 267074 Fax: + 44 1223 268305
Web http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/ms/
