School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering
Institute for Bioengineering
Grade: UE07
Salary Range: £34,304 - £40,927
Hours per week: 35
Number of posts: 1
The Opportunity:
This Research Associate position will contribute to the research project: “partnering for the commercial scale up of porcine induced pluripotent stem cells lines for the development of novel cultured meat products” within the Research Institute of Bioengineering at the University of Edinburgh, which is funded by IBIOIC and in collaboration with colleagues at Roslin Technologies.
The research associate will benefit from the complementary expertise of industrial partner, Roslin Technologies ( https://roslintech.com/), and the group of Dr Rios ( www.leorioslab.org ).
Roslin Technologies has extensive expertise in animal cell culture; a key technology is their iPS cell platform, focusing on novel cell lines (subject of a filed patent) demonstrated as capable of differentiation into a range of cell types, including those for application in Cellular Agriculture.
The role of the candidate for this project will be to demonstrate feasible scale-up of these cells for cost-effective commercial cultured meat production. Previous expertise in the culture of mammalian cells is essential, and it would be desirable to have expertise in the use of different types of bioreactors to grow such cells.
Find below some relevant publications to the project:
J. Mee, M Jackson et al. Animal iPSC Induction. UK Patent Application No. 20169933.7 Roslin Technologies Limited. Filed 16 April 2020.
M. Jackson et al. Modulation of Aplnr signaling is required during the development and maintenance of the hematopoietic system. BioRxiv. 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.15.145649
For more information about the project and position, do not doubt in contacting Dr Rios at [email protected].
The post is available immediately on a full-time, fixed-term contract until 31 July 2022.
A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
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