Research Assistant with University of Oxford

The University of Oxford has a maternity leave position to fill for Research Assistant with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, The Jenner Institute. Read on... Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant in the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. The mission of the Jenner Institute is to develop novel vaccines against major global diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis and influenza, as well as diseases of livestock. More information on the Jenner Institute is available at: http://www.jenner.ac.uk/. We are seeking to recruit a Research Assistant with cellular immunological expertise to join a small research team studying innate immune responses in HIV infection, aiming to define the contribution they make to control of early viral replication and determine the potential for employing modulation of selected innate responses as an effector strategy in HIV vaccine development. The work is supported by the NIH, and forms part of the Centre for HIV and AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI), an international research consortium aiming to identify new approaches to HIV vaccine design. This is a one-year maternity cover post, which will initially be based in the Jenner building, Compton, Berkshire; a modern research facility in a rural location near Oxford, although the group may relocate into laboratory space in Oxford in the future. A BSc-level degree in a medical/biological field and ideally at least two years’ research experience in the field of cellular immunology are required, with expertise in multi-parameter flow cytometry being highly desirable. Good organisational, communication and team-working skills are also required. Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Persephone Borrow (persephone.borrow@jenner.ac.uk). An application form and a job description are available from the web: http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/ndmorcrb/vacancies