Area
Pharmacy
Location
University Park
Salary
£31,387 to £36,924 per annum (pro rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience (minimum £34866 with relevant PhD).
Closing Date
Monday 18 November 2024
Reference
SCI290
Applications are invited for 3 Research Associate/Fellows to work on a multidisciplinary project between the groups of Frankie Rawson (bioelectronics), Morgan Alexander (polymeric biomaterials) and Amir Ghaemmaghami (immune characterization), collaborating clinically with Emma Wilmot (Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences). These roles will work on the project “Real-time wireless monitoring of inflammation for improved healthcare outcomes” funded by a UKRI Cross Research Council Responsive Mode award.
Medical devices make a significant contribution to healthcare, extending active lifestyles to maintain both health and quality of life. However, implanted devices often fail due to adverse inflammatory responses to the implant, leading to increased morbidity and mortality, costly revisions and extended hospital stays. We propose a multidisciplinary collaboration to address implant failure by developing a real-time monitoring approach to non-invasively observe the evolution of the body’s response to implanted devices. Our novel wireless sensing approach will use glucose sensors as a proof-of-concept, to address the clinical challenge of monitoring the human body’s response to current implant designs. This will aid the development of new implant designs to reduce medical device associated inflammation and infection, in combination with our current EPSRC Large Grant that is developing novel cell-instructive biomaterials. The proposed approach will enable ready monitoring of inflammatory responses to implanted materials in any clinic or research lab, without the need for advanced imaging equipment.
The successful candidates will work closely with each other to form an efficient team with the investigators including clinicians. Partner researchers at the University of Nottingham and collaborators at Rice University (USA) and MIT (USA), along with industrial collaborators (Medtronic, France) will also be involved. This post offers a unique opportunity to lead new research and answer key questions on future advanced monitoring technologies and medical devices.
Applicants must be highly motivated and self-driven, with a PhD (or close to completion) in bioelectronics, polymer chemistry, immunology, or related disciplines. Knowledge and experience required for each role are detailed in the individual role profiles below.
These are full-time posts (36.25 hours) and available immediately on a fixed term contracts until 30th September 2026. Job share arrangements may be considered.
Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
To apply please click below-
Research Associate/Fellow: Bioelectronics (Fixed term)
Research Associate/Fellow: Polymer chemistry and clinical translation (Fixed term)
Research Associate/Fellow: In vivo immune characterization (Fixed term)
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