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Offer: Research Associate in Department of Chemistry:Job description:Job location: Manchester Job reference: SAE-018207 Job location: Oxford Road, Manchester Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/02/2022 income: £33,309 to £36,382 per annum depending on significant practice Job employment Type: Fixed Term Faculty/Organisation: Science and Engineering Division: Chemistry Hours per week: Full time Contract Duration: Fixed term from as soon as possible until 15 December 2022 School / Directorate: School of Natural Sciences Applications are invited for a Research Associate position with the Riddell group at the University of Manchester. The position will commenceas soon as possible. candidates must hold a PhD or equivalent (or will have submitted a thesis prior to commencing this position) in synthetic chemistry or biochemistry, and have a record of prosperous publications. The research associate appointed to this position will work on an continuing research project in our laboratory investigating peptide binding selectivity within metal-organic cages. To ensure maximal benefit from this short-term opportunity the research associate appointed to this position will have good synthetic expertise and practice in either peptide synthesis or supramolecular host-guest chemistry. The proposed project provides opportunities to use a wide variety of charactization techniques including NMR (1D, 2D, heteronuclear and DOSY), mass spectrometry, IR, CD, HPLC and UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopies. The prosperous candidate should be willing to lgain new techniques and explore novel research approaches, and must be highly motivated, ambitious and demonstrate excellent interpersonal expertise. They should be capable of working under their own initiative while also providing appropriate guidance and support to other members of the research group. The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School holds a SilverAward which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. All appointment will be made on merit. For more information, please visit:http://www.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/athena-swan/ Our University is positive about flexible working - you can find out morehere Blended working arrangements may be considered Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries,accept CVs or applicationsfrom Recruitment Agencies. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Imogen Riddell Email:imogen.riddell@manchester.ac.uk General information: Email:People-od.operations@manchester.ac.uk Technical support : https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website - click on the 'Apply' button above to find out more Skills:
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