Researcher 1A – 0.8fte

2 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Glasgow Caledonian University Full time

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GCU boasts a collegial and collaborative research atmosphere, and conducts internationally excellent health-related research with outstanding research impact (as assessed in REF). Our organisational strategy is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and our globally recognised researchers advise governments, industry and international bodies. The advertised Researcher 1A will join a growing core of researchers focused on immune-oncology within the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at GCU. Research on the project would also be conducted at the CRUK Scotland Institute, utilising some of the world-leading cancer research facilities there to bolster the potential of the project.

Project Outline:

A Medical Research Council-funded Postdoctoral Research Scientist position (‘Researcher 1A’) is offered to support ongoing p53 immuno-oncology research directed by Dr Timothy Humpton and Dr Jennifer Crowe. The project will be based at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) but will include a significant research component based at the CRUK Scotland Institute (also in Glasgow). In addition, the advertised position will provide a unique leadership role helping to direct an ambitious in vivo-led project with important translational potential. The position is offered as a 0.8 FTE post (4 days per week) for a 27-month fixed-term contract with starting salary equivalent to £37, pa (1.0 FTE).

Liver cancer is a common and lethal disease. As a result of the obesity epidemic, diet-induced liver disease (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis / MASH) represents an increasingly common cause of liver cancer. Worryingly, MASH-derived liver cancer can be resistant to therapy and is especially common in obese patients that also have type 2 diabetes mellitus. In MASH, an undue persistence of neutrophils has been shown to promote the development of treatment-resistant liver cancer in humans. Our preliminary findings suggest that the tumour suppressor p53 protects against the development of diet-induced MASH—and does so, at least in part, via neutrophil suppression.

With the proposed project, the appointed researcher will investigate p53-mediated non-cell autonomous suppression of neutrophils in MASH-T2DM. To do so, they will utilise a suite of advanced technologies, including in vivo modelling, non-invasive imaging, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, transcriptomics, and in vitro co-culture using patient-derived samples. With these tools, the appointed researcher will help to characterise the relationship between p53 and neutrophil activity throughout diet-induced liver disease, determine the mechanisms that underpin this interaction, and examine the efficacy of proactively targeting neutrophils to prevent MASH.

Relevant recent publications from the group include:

Wittke et al. Preprint on BioRxiv. DOI: 10./.05.20.

Humpton et al. Science Signaling . DOI: 10./scisignal.abd.

Humpton et al. Cell Death & Differentiation . DOI:10./s---3.

Humpton et al. Genes Dev. . DOI: 10./gad...

Candidate:

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant field (or a PhD shortly to be awarded), strong working knowledge of cancer biology, immunology, metabolic syndrome, or molecular mechanisms of disease and be a passionate and motivated scientist. The position will provide a unique leadership role helping to direct an ambitious in vivo-led project. As such, previous experience working with the key advanced technologies of the project, and especially with in vivo models of disease, advanced imaging techniques, flow cytometry, histopathology, bioinformatics, and/or metabolomics would be advantageous. However, extensive training will be provided.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Humpton ().

As the University for the Common Good, we are committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as our values in everything that we do. As such, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates who demonstrate the. 

The University offers a range of benefits including opportunities for professional development, family friendly policies, cycle to work scheme and onsite childcare facilities.

Please note that the appointment will be made on the first point of the salary scale (unless by exception).

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