Overview
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Combination Therapies – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences has attracted multi-million-pound research funding and collaborates with other universities and Faculties within KCL, the NHS, charitable trusts and foundations, international Universities and industry.
The post holder will work as part of a recently funded EPSRC Programme grant, undertaking research into Nanotheranostics, support academic and research staff and their academic collaborators in other institutions, hospitals and industry conducting this funded research and delivering outcomes that have real-world, life-improving impacts.
About The Role
We are seeking a talented, highly motivated and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Research Associate as part of the EPSRC programme grant “Total Body Nuclear Imaging for the Development of Nanotheranostics”, This Programme involves 15 co-investigators in a range of disciplines related to PET imaging strategies for the development of healthcare nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, including clinical translation to benefit patients. The Programme is mainly hosted by the Research Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London (KCL), with major additional contributions from colleagues at Queen Mary University of London and University of Leeds, as well as other Departments within KCL.
This role will be working within Theme 4 of the Programme: ‘Combinatory Therapy” and will involve the synthesis and assessment of novel multimodal nanomaterials for healthcare applications and radiolabel for PET imaging. The candidate will be hosted by at The Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine while maintaining close collaboration among other teams across UK.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Extensive experience in pharmaceutical formulations & characterisation.
- Inorganic and organic nanomaterials
- Design of combinatory therapies
- In vitro and in vivo evaluation
- Biological and small molecule therapies.
The post holder is expected to be self-motivated; able to work independently and will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. They should be able to demonstrate a proven track record of scientific publications and presentation at international research meetings.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract of one year in the first instance.
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