Job description
Division of Engineering and Food Science
Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Analytical Biochemistry
Fixed Term (8 months Full time or 12 months Part Time)
£37, per year
Abertay is a modern university with a global outlook, rooted in its local and national communities. In we marked the th anniversary of our foundation as an institution dedicated to supporting science, industry and the professions with a distinctive interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach to teaching, research and knowledge exchange. The University now seeks to appoint aPost-doctoral research assistant in Analytical Biochemistrywithin the School of Applied Sciences.
The School of Applied Sciences delivers programmes and applied research in the areas of food and drink, the built and natural environment, forensic and biomedical sciences, mental health nursing, counselling, psychology, and sport and exercise. There has been significant growth in the School’s research output in recent years with outstanding results in the last REF research intensity for modern Universities in Scotland.
The role is part of an NHS Tayside-funded project entitled ‘VAPE (VAscular Effects of Passive Exposure), led by Prof Jacob George University of Dundee, Prof Alberto Fiore and Dr Sarah Cottin (Abertay University), and Prof Ed Stephens (University of Saint Andrews). The proposed project consists of two pilot studies looking to measure various biomarkers in the urine and saliva of women and children who are passively exposed to smoking, vaping and healthy controls (50 per group). The aim is to discover specific biomarkers that could help us assess the harmful effects of passive exposure to vaping in larger pivotal studies.
The Post-doctoral Research Fellow will be required to help with the design of experimental materials, analyses of biological fluids using state of the art chromatography techniques (HRMS, LCMSMS), organize and run data collection, analyse data and communicate findings. They will work closely with the research team to ensure the research is completed effectively and within the time constraints.
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