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Research adjunct in Targeted Drug Delivery Validation Engineering (Fixed Term):Job description:Job location: Cambridge Job location: West Cambridge, Cambs, UK Two vacant Research adjunct positions exist, in the Department of Engineering, to work on the development of new highly targeted methods to deliver therapies to tumours. This is funded by an EPSRC funded research grant (EPSRC IRC on Targeted Delivery for Hard-to-Treat Cancers, EP/S009000/1). The post holders will be located at the University of Cambridge in the group of Prof. Ronan Daly (www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/fiam), and working closely with teams across Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, Glasgow, Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool and Strathclyde. The prosperous candidates will be supporting the development of new targeted delivery devices for hard-to-treat cancers (www.teddy.eng.cam.ac.uk) through further development of protocols for existing experimental apparatus monitoring drug delivery through nanoparticles and implants, and analysis of materials. practice or basic expertise of experimental protocol development, hardware interfacing with Python programming and material characterisation would be an advantage. practice within the field of medical device design would also be an advantage. Key responsibilities include developing, documenting and validating research protocols for a range of drug delivery techniques, developing simple control systems to help with experimental control (e.g. flow rate control, temperature control, etc.); designing, executing and analysing experiments; documenting, presenting and publishing research results, and engaging, interacting and collaborating with the broader team. The expertise, qualifications and practice required to execute the function are: Hold a Bachelor's degree in an engineering, medical/biomedical, nanomaterials, natural sciences, or computer science related field; a background in some of the following key areas, design and validation, device prototyping, medical/biomedical devices, nanoparticles, analytical chemistry, hydrogels, rheology, optical/electron microscopy; a good capability to work across a multi-disciplinary team. income Range: Research adjunct: £29,605 - £33,966 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30th September 2024 in the first instance. To apply online for this vacancy and to view more information about the function, please visit:www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46164. Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), a covering letter and publication list in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. Please submit your application by midnight on the closing date. If you have any questions of a technical nature about this position, Contact Us by Prof. Ronan Daly (rd439@cam.ac.uk). For questions about the application process, Contact Us by Holly Shaw (has50@cam.ac.uk). Please quote reference NM41349 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Skills:
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