...forwarded for your information; Alistair used to be one of the top FILM users until he started his own lab in Nottingham, so this should be an interesting position,

Martin

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Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:55:56 +0100
From:	Alistair Hume <Alistair.Hume@nottingham.ac.uk>

Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for the mass email but I’d appreciate if you could please forward the attached advert for a UK-MRC funded post-doc project available in my laboratory to any talented finishing PhD students or junior post-doctoral researchers that you know are looking for a job and interested in intracellular transport and cytoskeleton research.

With thanks and best wishes,

Alistair

Alistair Hume D.Phil.

School of Biomedical Sciences

University of Nottingham
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Tel: +44(0)115823 0102

email: Alistair.hume@nottingham.ac.uk

School of Biomedical Sciences

Research Fellow in Molecular & Cellular Biology

£27,428 per annum

Applications are invited for the above post to support an MRC funded project investigating the role of the molecular motor Myosin Va in organelle transport.

Motor proteins play a critical role in regulating fundamental physiological processes of intracellular transport. Indeed, motor protein dysfunction has been linked to common diseases including some forms of cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, deafness, blindness and Alzheimer’s disease. This project aims to better understand the mechanisms by which class V myosin motors (Myosin Va) regulate transport in living cells. The project will employ a variety of molecular and cellular biology techniques as well as live cell imaging and analysis to address this issue.

The project will be undertaken in newly refurbished and equipped laboratories within the School of Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham, which boasts world-class facilities in which to carry out research.

Candidates should possess a PhD, or equivalent, in Molecular Cell Biology or a closely allied field and have experience in standard molecular biology techniques, cell culture, light microscopy and image analysis. They should be highly self-motivated and enthusiastic, have excellent time management, organisational and communication skills and have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

This full-time post is available from 1 October 2011 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30 June 2014.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Alistair Hume email: alistair.hume@nottingham.ac.uk or Mrs H Martin, tel 0115 823 0101, email: hilary.martin@nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted.

For more details and/or to apply on-line please access: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/MED985. If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: 0115 846 6172. Please quote ref. MED/985. Closing date: 12th October 2011.