Research Associate in Dna Nanotechnology

3 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07: £36,333 - £43,155**

**College of Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Bioengineering**

**Full time contract: 35 hours per week**

**Fixed term contract: 6 months**

**Number of posts: 1
**The Opportunity**:
This Research Associate position will contribute to the project ‘DNA-Guided _In Vitro _Assembly Of Cyanobacterial Light Harvesting Antennae For Solar Cell Applications’ within the Institute for Bioengineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. The project is funded by our collaborators, the company Accenture, and also involves collaboration with Prof Alistair McCormick’s research group in the School of Biological Sciences.

This role is UE07 and is available on a fixed term basis for up to 6 months.

A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Expertise in biological sciences, bioengineering or biophysics or a clearly related area (as evidenced by a good undergraduate degree and a PhD in a relevant area or equivalent industry experience). This should include experience with cyanobacteria and/or synthetic biology and/or DNA nanotechnology.
- The ability to deliver high quality research project results on schedule, as evidenced by research track record.
- Excellent wet lab skills (biochemistry/molecular biology).
- Some experience in the development of new technologies or customised experimental hardware or novel methods
- Ability to work independently.

Click **here **for a copy of the full job description

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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