Applications are invited for an MRC Postdoctoral Fellow (PF) to join the laboratories of Willis and MacFarlane within the Unit’s Cross-Unit Programme: Mechanisms of Fibre Toxicity.  The focus of the programme is to carry out research into the molecular pathways triggered by exposure to toxic fibres that leads to mesothelioma, for further information visit: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/mechanisms-fibre-toxicity

Applicants must have (or be in the final stages of receiving) a PhD in a relevant discipline and have experience in molecular and cell biology.  Experience in RNA biology, epigenetics, transcription profiling, cancer cell biology and working with animal models is desirable.

This is a three year training and development position.

We are looking to appoint an MRC Postdoctoral Fellow (PF) to join Miguel Martins’s lab ‘Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury’: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme  

We employ multi-disciplinary approaches, including Drosophila genetics, quantitative fly behaviour analysis, RNAseq, metabolomics, quantitative proteomics, and microbiome analysis, to understand the consequences of mitochondrial dysfunction.

Applicants must hold, or be close to completing, a PhD in a relevant discipline such as Neurobiology or Immunology together with experience in Drosophila genetics and biochemical techniques; experience in expression in sleep analysis; in vivo functional imaging and neuronal tracing is desirable. Submission of at least one first author international peer-reviewed paper is expected as is the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, together with excellent communication and critical thinking skills.

This is a three year training and development position.