Your new companyYou will be joining a world leading research institute based in the Cambridge area - who have a wide range of partnerships within academia and pharmaceutical & biotech companies - focusing on research within cancer.The institution has invested heavily in equipment and lab upgrades and fosters a highly collaborative and friendly work environment, where you will be working with leading experts within cancer and biological research.They also offer very generous benefits, a flexible approach to working and make significant investment into the training and development of their staff, so there will be a number of opportunities to develop new and advance existing skills.Your new roleYou will be joining a prestigious research group working with some of the leading scientists in the genetics field carrying out research work to identify new approaches to tackle cancer.Main responsibilities will include:
1. Lead innovative research in molecular biology to uncover fundamental mechanisms related to genetic and protein functions in cancer.
2. Investigate interactions between modified bases and proteins, focusing on their impact on genome functions like transcription and chromatin organisation.
3. Develop new techniques to study the dynamics of modified bases and their binding proteins, utilising chemical and genetic approaches.
4. Analyse genetic/genomic and other omics data sets to provide insights and use ...