Research Assistant in Hormone Signalling, University of Bristol

Via www.jobs.ac.uk. The School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol has a vacancy for a Research Assistant to assist Prof. Craig A McArdle in his research into gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) signalling. The work is funded by the Medical Research Council and will involve a number of standard molecular and cellular biological techniques (cell culture, transfection, transduction, preparation of plasmid and viral vectors, western blotting, transcriptional reporters, and fluorescence microscopy) as well as automated fluorescence microscopy.

GnRH is secreted in brief pulses and its effects are dependent on pulse frequency and this project will focus on cellular frequency decoding mechanisms. The importance of the work lies in the fact that GnRHR are major therapeutic targets for treatment of infertility and hormone-dependent cancers. Please contact Prof. Craig McArdle for enquiries on 0117 331 3077 or email [email protected]. Click on the link below for details of how to apply by the closing date of 29 November 2012.

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