英国剑桥大学癌症研究学院研究助理职位

Research Associate – Liquid Biopsy Project
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
£28,695-£37,394

We seek a Research Associate to join Professor Caldas' pioneering research programme at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CI). The CI emphasises multi-disciplinary approaches to link laboratory findings to the clinic and has state-of-the-art research facilities for over 300 scientists supported by outstanding core resources.

The Caldas laboratory has carried out ground-breaking work on ctDNA (circulating tumour DNA) as a liquid biopsy in breast cancer (Dawson et al, NEMJ 2013; Murtaza et al, Nature 2013). A postdoctoral position is now available for 2 years to continue this work and develop ctDNA as a stratification, monitoring and clonal tracking tool for application in molecularly targeted therapy trials. Experience with next-generation sequencing data generation and analysis is an absolute requirement for candidates. 
The post is available immediately.

See http://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/caldas-group for more information.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance.

The closing date for applications is Monday 9 February 2015.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit:http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/5828

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