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Job opportunities / Research Fellow in Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics
Starting salary in range £28,982 to £37,768 a year
Fixed-term for 3 years in the first instance
As part of a £8 million award from the MRC, industry and University of Birmingham, we have established a state-of-the-art metabolic phenotyping (metabolomics) facility to conduct medical research including the development of innovative stratified medicine tools. Phenome Centre Birmingham (PCB), which was formally opened on 23 May 2016 by the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport (http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2016/05/Phenome-Centre-Birmingham.aspx), is applying eleven new Thermo Scientific and Waters liquid chromatography-mass spectrometers (LC-MS), two new Bruker 600 MHz NMR spectrometers, liquid handling robots and high specification computational infrastructure to better understand metabolic perturbations in human health, disease and ageing. The facility is anticipated to conduct tens of thousands of analyses per year of human samples including biofluids and tissues, with extensive clinical metadata. It is based alongside one of the largest hospitals in Europe, the Queen Elizabeth hospital at Birmingham, and the new £24 million Institute of Translational Medicine. In addition, the PCB will interact closely with the MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre in London and the new international network of Phenome Centres (www.PhenomeNetwork.org) to enhance metabolic phenotyping in the UK and globally.
We seek to recruit a Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Research Fellow to focus on the application of metabolic phenotyping, applying primarily non-targeted and targeted LC-MS strategies. The post-holder will work alongside two large and active metabolomics research groups, headed by Professor Viant and Dr Dunn, as well as alongside the national NERC environmental metabolomics facility. The post-holder will perform sample preparation applying manual and robotic approaches, LC-MS instrument maintenance and operation to acquire highly reproducible data in a high-throughput laboratory, and metabolite identification. They will contribute to study design and analytical method development in biomedical analysis.
Applicants should hold a PhD in (bio)analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry or metabolomics, with experience and demonstrated success of working independently and as part of a team in a bioanalytical research facility in industry or academia.
The University offers a variety of courses for personal development of its employees. The University of Birmingham is a family-friendly employer. The School of Biosciences welcomes flexible and part-time working to suit family or other commitments. The University has on-campus childcare facilities.
The post is available in the first instance for 3 years, with the expectation for significant extension subject to the success of the PCB.
Informal enquiries can be addressed to Professor Mark Viant (tel: +44 (0)121 414 2219 or email: M.Viant@bham.ac.uk) or Dr Warwick Dunn (tel: +44 (0)121 414 5458 or email: W.Dunn@bham.ac.uk).
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Closing date: 23 February 2017
Job Reference : 55216