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Postdoctoral Research in Organic Chemistry at University of Oxford, UK

/ February 23, 2011 Leave a Comment

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research assistant to work under the supervision of Professor Dermot O’Hare on a research project funded by SCG Chemicals, for a period of one year in the first instance. The project is aimed at the development of new olefin polymerization catalysts. Applicants should be available to start as soon as possible after April 2011.Applicants should either already have a PhD in a relevant subject area, or have submitted their thesis prior to taking up the post. The applicant should have experience in organometallic synthesis and ideally in olefin polymerization catalysis.

The post will be based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA. Further details about the department can be read on the website. Find out more about Professor O’Hare’s research on the website .For further particulars of the post, including how to apply, visit the website .These details should be obtained before an application is made. Please quote reference DH11001/DOH in all correspondence.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 7 March 2011

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Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Grid Computing for Landslide Modelling, UK

/ August 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

This project will establish large-scale resource provisioning and sophisticated data mining for landslide modelling for use in risk reduction. It will couple Grid software, developed for the Large Hadron Collider, with proven, cutting-edge software in the field of slope hydrology and geotechnics. You will develop the current proof of principle system. The new system will include the following features: transparent use of large scale computing resources; secure, transparent storage and access to data and appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms with auditing, accounting and charging mechanisms.

You will have experience of the Python scripting language, as well as experience of Grid or Cloud computing. You will also have good knowledge of metadata management and proven ability to deliver sustainable software in an agile development environment. The project will be carried out as a partnership between Particle Physicists in the University of Bristol Department of Physics, and academics within the School of Geographical Sciences.

If you have received an application pack, please complete and return the enclosed application form in the envelope provided, together with a covering letter and a copy of your CV, including the details requested on the ‘Information in support of your application’ page of the application form.

Please note the following:
• We will only be able to consider you for this vacancy if you complete the application process outlined above – a CV alone will not be considered.
• Only include the information requested – copies of qualification, certificates, letters of reference, journal articles and any other additional documents are not required at this stage.
• It is important that you quote the reference number 15582 on the application form.
• The closing date for applications is 9.00am, 24th August 2010.
• We regret that we are unable to write to all applicants regarding the outcome of their application. Therefore, if you have not been invited for interview within four weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Molecular Neuroscience/Cell Biology, UK

/ August 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr Jonathan Hanley, to investigate the neuronal cell biological mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, which is thought to underlie learning and memory. Experiments will utilise molecular, biochemical and imaging techniques to study the signaling pathways and protein interactions that regulate AMPA receptor trafficking and/or dendritic spine morphogenesis in cell culture models of synaptic plasticity and/or ischaemia. The position will involve close collaboration with other members of the MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity at the University of Bristol.

The post is available on a fixed term basis for 3 years.

PICK1 interacts with a number of important proteins as part of this trafficking process (Hanley, 2008; Rocca et al., 2008), and we have recently found additional proteins that interact directly with AMPARs or PICK1, that are likely to be important in AMPAR trafficking and/or spine morphology (unpublished).
The aim of the project will be to elucidate the role of these proteins in AMPAR trafficking or dendritic spine morphogenesis in cell culture models of synaptic plasticity or ischaemia.
The MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity has state-of-the-art imaging facilities to enable a range of live and fixed-cell techniques, using confocal and wide-field microscopy. The project will involve the use of a variety of molecular and biochemical approaches to investigate protein-protein interactions, and to manipulate protein expression in primary neuronal cultures. Imaging will be carried out in neurons expressing shRNA and/or mutant proteins to analyse the dynamics of spine morphogenesis and receptor trafficking when these protein interactions are altered. In addition, collaborations with electrophysiologists in the MRC Centre will provide important information about the function of these pathways in synaptic transmission.
This work will provide important new information about the mechanisms that underlie physiological and pathological synaptic processes. The successful applicant will join an active and dynamic team and benefit from complementary interests and technical expertise in molecular and cellular neuroscience.
Application Deadline 15 September 2010
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