Vacancy Number: 14925BR
Research Associate in Cancer Immunotherapy
Division of Infection and Immunity
School of Medicine
College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
A Research Associate position is available in the group of Professor Andrew Sewell (Division of Infection & Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, The School of Medicine). The Sewell group are part of a multicentre international consortium that was recently awarded £20M by Cancer Research UK and National Institute of Health to tackle childhood cancer:
https://cancergrandchallenges.org/teams/nextgenAt Cardiff University the work is mainly focussed on new surface targets on these childhood cancer types. The successful applicant will have extensive experience of tissue culture methods, molecular biology and viral modification of cells. They must show a willingness to develop skills and to supervise a team working towards specific project goals. Excellent communication skills, time management and self-motivation will be essential for this role. They will join the wider team in the UK and USA and will be expected to attend face-to-face meetings with this team in both locations. We have recently described several ways in which T-cells can see many different cancers regardless of patient genetic background (see:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-019-0578-8 for example). We have other T-cells that recognise cancer via other non-HLA ligands. A major goal of the Cancer Grand Challenge work will be to find which ligands are best for recognition of different childhood cancers and then characterise these cancer-specific markers. The wider NexTGen Cancer Grand Challenge team plan to take findings to clinic as CAR-T and/or TCR-T therapies during the lifetime of the Cancer Grand Challenge Award so this opportunity will expose the successful applicant to the whole range of activities from bench to bedside.
Further details about the T-cell Modulation group can be found at
https://www.tcells.org/This is a full time (35 hours per week), available immediately and fixed term until 31st May 2025.
Salary: £35,333 - £42,155 per annum (Grade 6).
Date advert posted: Friday, 2 September 2022
Closing date: Friday, 14 October 2022
Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
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