{"id":22847,"date":"2025-01-29T16:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/?p=22847"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:32:05","slug":"job-opportunity-postdoc-research-associate-mechanisms-associated-with-extracellular-matrix-assembly-and-stability-university-of-manchester-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2025\/01\/29\/job-opportunity-postdoc-research-associate-mechanisms-associated-with-extracellular-matrix-assembly-and-stability-university-of-manchester-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Opportunity: Postdoc Research Associate &#8211; Mechanisms Associated with Extracellular Matrix Assembly and Stability, University of Manchester, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sub-grid sub-grid--centered row-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/search\/employer\/the-university-of-manchester\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"j-image j-image--responsive j-default-logo\" title=\"The University of Manchester\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/images\/employer-logos\/medium\/92.gif?1532708453\" alt=\"The University of Manchester\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"j-advert__title row-3\">Research Associate &#8211; Mechanisms Associated with Extracellular Matrix Assembly and Stability<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"j-advert__employer row-4\"><b>The University of Manchester\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; Biology, Medicine Health &#8211; Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine &#8211; School of Biological Sciences<\/h3>\n<div class=\"j-advert-details__container row-5\">\n<div class=\"sub-grid sub-grid__2-col ie-flex--column j-advert-details__ie-display\">\n<div class=\"j-advert-details__first-col\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Location:<\/th>\n<td>Manchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Salary:<\/th>\n<td>\u00a336,924 to \u00a345,163 per annum depending on experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Hours:<\/th>\n<td>Full Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Contract Type:<\/th>\n<td>Fixed-Term\/Contract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"j-advert-details__second-col\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Placed On:<\/th>\n<td>22nd January 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Closes:<\/th>\n<td>4th February 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"j-advert-details__table-header\">Job Ref:<\/th>\n<td>BMH-027838<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-7\">\n<div id=\"job-apply-button\" class=\"j-form-input fixed-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"job-description\" class=\"row-8\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/job\/DLN927\/research-associate-mechanisms-associated-with-extracellular-matrix-assembly-and-stability\">https:\/\/www.jobs.ac.uk\/job\/DLN927\/research-associate-mechanisms-associated-with-extracellular-matrix-assembly-and-stability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job reference:<\/strong>\u00a0BMH-027838<br \/>\n<strong>Salary:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a336,924 &#8211; \u00a345,163 per annum depending on experience<br \/>\n<strong>Faculty\/Organisational unit:<\/strong>\u00a0Biology, Medicine Health<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Manchester<br \/>\n<strong>Employment type:<\/strong>\u00a0Fixed Term<br \/>\n<strong>Division\/Team:<\/strong>\u00a0Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Hours per week:<\/strong>\u00a0Full Time (1 FTE)<br \/>\n<strong>Closing date (DD\/MM\/YYYY):<\/strong>\u00a004\/02\/2025<br \/>\n<strong>Contract duration:<\/strong>\u00a0Fixed Term for 36 months<br \/>\n<strong>School\/Directorate:\u00a0<\/strong>School of Biological Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Applications are invited for a Research Associate position to join this exciting collaborative project led by Brian Stramer (King\u2019s College London) and Rachel Lennon (University of Manchester), who were recently awarded an 8-year Wellcome Discovery Award.<\/p>\n<p>This post will be based in Manchester and will require regular communication with scientists working on this project who are based at King\u2019s College London to coordinate experiments and analyse results.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this project is to exploit Drosophila genetics to understand the role and regulation of the extracellular matrix during development with the goal of extrapolating to mammalian models and human disease. 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