Post Doctoral Training Scientist Job London area,Greater London England UK,Research/Development

Location: Greater London

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Plant Bioengineering LMS 2610
Salary: £42,694 plus London allowances £5,560 per annum
Band (Grade): MRC 4 | Fixed term for 3 years | Full time

Additional allowances:
Additional allowances comprise a £1,000 lump sum Settlement Allowance plus a yearly Training Allowance of £850 in the first year, paid in monthly instalments. The Training Allowance increases to £1,300 in year two, and £1,800 in the third year.

Sarkisyan lab is a team of six people based at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences. Our focus is on design of novel plant traits. We are interested in learning how to design novel plant responses and development, and in the next several years we aim to progress towards generating increasingly complex and interesting traits, from crop protection to purely aesthetic traits.

We love seeing our work going all the way from basic science discoveries to real-life technology or a product. In the last several years, we mainly worked on engineering bioluminescence in plants (), and understanding the structure-function relationship in proteins ().

For more information about the lab, visit our website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..bio

The work in this role will include plant synthetic biology, plant transformation, experiments in plant tissue culture.

Key Responsibilities

To take initiatives in the planning of research
To identify and develop suitable techniques, and apparatus, for the collection and analysis of data
To conduct data analysis
To ensure the validity and reliability of data at all times
To maintain accurate and complete records of all findings
To write reports for submission to research sponsors
To present findings to colleagues and at conferences
To submit publications to refereed journals
To provide guidance to staff and students
To attend relevant workshops and conferences as necessary
To develop contacts and research collaborations within the LMS and the wider community
To promote the reputation of the Group, the Institute
To provide guidance to PhD Students
To conduct and plan own scientific work with appropriate supervision
To maintain highly organised and accurate record of experimental work
To actively participate in the research programme of the Group
To publish in high quality journals and to present data at national and international meetings
To participate in Group research meetings and internal seminars
To collaborate with other allied scientists within UKRI, Imperial College and elsewhere in London and abroad, as appropriate
To contribute to the smooth running of the Group’s laboratories and, facilities with other scientists, clinicians, technicians and students within the laboratories
Assist in the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research students and research assistants as required
To comply with the Institute, College, Division, and Unit safety practices and to attend courses on safety when appropriate
Any other duties as may be deemed reasonable by Head of group as well as Head of Institute/ /Department/Section

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