Salary: £37,382 - £53,233 (plus start-up package)

Reference: PR01872

Closing date: 30 November 2013

The Gurdon Institute is a world-renowned centre in the fields of developmental, cell, and cancer biology, located in the heart of the historic city of Cambridge, and part of the University's School of Biological Sciences. Founded in 1991, its purpose is to provide the best possible environment for research, and to foster interactions and collaborations between scientists with diverse but complementary interests. It is generously supported by core funding from the Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK, and benefits from state-of-the art facilities in a friendly, modern, purpose-built environment (see www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk).

We are seeking to appoint a new Group Leader in the area of Computational Biology. The Gurdon Institute is a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment utilizing a diverse range of model organisms, and the successful applicant's work should complement and be synergistic with existing research. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to epigenetics, stem cells, genome instability, cell cycle, RNA biology, genomics, systems analyses and modelling of biological processes.  

This would be an ideal position for a scientist wishing to take up his or her first position as an independent researcher, and offers a world-class platform for career development, and opportunities to establish links within Cambridge's rich computational environment. We are especially interested in applicants with fewer than seven years postdoctoral experience. Informal enquiries are invited and can be directed to any of the Institute's Group Leaders.

Closing date: 30 November 2013

Please quote reference PR01872 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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