Research Assistant/post Doctoral Research Associate

**Reference**:
**DEC20241080**
- Expiry date:

- 08:00, Wed, 11th Dec 2024
- Location:

- Liverpool
- Salary:

- £33,232.00 - £45,163.00 Per Annum
- Benefits:

- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
- Duration:

- Fixed-term appointment to 31st May 2026

**Salary: Dependent on experience and qualifications**

**Research Assistant £33,232 - £37,999 per annum**

**Post-Doctoral Research Associate £39,105 - £45,163 per annum**

**Full-time, Fixed-term appointment to 31st May 2026**

We have an outstanding opportunity in our Tropical Disease Biology Department, for a talented and motivated Research Assistant or Post Doctoral Research Associate to join our dynamic team at LSTM. The Department of Tropical Disease Biology (TDB) is a leading national and international research and teaching department with a focus on translational research of tropical infectious diseases.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- **Perform screening activities and endpoint analysis**:Perform screening experiments using _in vitro_ cell/tissue/parasite culture; Perform endpoint analysis using parasitological, bio-imaging and quantitative PCR; Maintain accurate records of samples processed and analyse data
- **Contribute to parasite/**_Wolbachia_** life-cycle maintenance and provision of experimental material**:Assist with collection and culturing of parasites and cells
- **Provide support to MSc, MRes and PhD students and other staff within the group**:Provide training in experimental analysis to others in the lab; Supervision and training of MSc, MRes and PhD students; Assist in the design and supervision of projects
- **Produce and disseminate research outputs**: Write, drafts and edit manuscript for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals; Effectively communicate results to other members of the group at laboratory meetings and to the scientific community at conferences and meetings; Co-ordinate experiments and data analysis between national and international collaborators
- PhD in Biomedical Research/parasitology (for PDRA)
- Skilled in drug screening analysis and techniques
- Skilled in filarial parasite/ _Wolbachia _cell culture
- Skilled in high content bio-imaging
- Experience of working with filarial nematodes
- Experience of working with _Wolbachia_
- Experience of _in vitro_ cell/tissue/parasite culture
- Experience of presenting at International conferences

**_ (For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification)_**

**In return we offer**:

- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
- Generous occupational pension schemes
- Government backed “cycle to work” scheme.
- Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
- Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

**Closing Date: 11th December 2024**

**Interview date: 12th December 2024**

**Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM**

**About LSTM**

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies