Opportunities
Fellowship Opportunities
The Department is happy to host prospective and future fellowship grant holders and offers a competitive start-up package for early career researchers seeking to carry out their research in Oxford.
Current vacancies
postdoctoral research assistant in cellular neuroscience
Grade 7: £36,024-£44,263 per annum (variable hours to 29 February 2024)
Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT
We are seeking a researcher that can contribute to a project that is examining the cellular effects of sleep, which is led by Professor Colin Akerman. The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised scientist possessing excellent laboratory skills and an eagerness to learn new techniques. Good communication skills and the ability to work both as part of a team, and independently, are essential. The post holder will also provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, plus PhD and project students.
You must have:
- A relevant PhD/DPhil, together with relevant experience
- Previous experience in culturing and studying mammalian neurons
- Previous experience in using molecular tools to label neurons and measure cellular processes, both in vitro and in vivo
- Previous experience in the development and characterisation of novel molecular tools in neuroscience
- Previous experience in using assays of cellular stress processes
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate results clearly and logically both orally and using appropriate ICT
This is a variable hours post, with the successful candidate expected to contribute around 15 hours per week to this project. The post is fixed term until 29 February 2024, funded by the Medical Research Council.
The closing date for applications is 12noon on Friday 8 September 2023.
Apply via the University website
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Parkinson's disease
Grade 7: £36,024-£44,263 per annum
Department of Pharmacology, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT
Reporting to Professor Fran Platt, you will be a member of a research group with responsibility for carrying out research for a stand-alone project but within a larger network of fellows studying different aspects of GBA/Parkinson’s disease.
You will be working on a two-year project, funded by the Silverstein Foundation, which aims to understand the mechanistic consequences of heterozygous mutations in GBA on sphingolipid biochemistry and cell biology more broadly using a blend of computation methods and biochemical/cell biological techniques. This project is in collaboration with Professor Mina Ryten and her team in UCL/Cambridge, UK.
You will need to manage your own academic research and administrative activities, co-ordinating multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. You will required to adapt existing and develop new scientific techniques and experimental protocols and analyse scientific data from a variety of sources. In addition, you will collaborate in the preparation of scientific reports and journal articles, occasionally present papers and posters, and carry out collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions. You will also have the opportunity to network with the other Fellows funded through the Silverstein Foundation.
You must have a relevant PhD/DPhil, or be close to completion, together with appropriate experience. It is essential that you have the experience to conduct biochemical and cell biological experiments in the laboratory, combined with transcriptomics data set analysis, and the ability to apply statistical expertise for problem solving on experimental data. Experience using programming languages such as Python and R, as well as working in a Linux environment and HPC computing, would be an advantage.
The post is fixed-term for 2 years, funded by the Silverstein Foundation.
The closing date for applications is 12noon on Friday 15 September 2023.
Apply via the University website