Reference: 14116
Research Subject: Oral and Dental Science
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Job Hours: Full-time
Location: Bristol
Description: Postdoctoral Research Assistant – Collagen nanofibres for cell biology and tissue engineering
Applications are invited to work on a MRC-funded one-year project on 3D collagen nanofibrous scaffolds for cell biology and tissue engineering. The work will be mainly carried out in the Biomaterials Engineering Group based in the Department of Oral and Dental Science. You will be involved in the development of 3D collagen nanofibrous scaffolds and hop to Professor Anthony Hollander’s Tissue Engineering Group based in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine to carry out the biological assessment of produced 3D biomimetic collagen matrices using human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs).
You should have a PhD in materials, chemistry, physics or biomedical engineering. Knowledge of electrospinning and tissue engineering will be advantageous.
This post is available from 1st August 2008 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of one year.
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Status: Research Assistant
Location: Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
Advert Published: 30 Jun 2008
Expiry date: 1 Aug 2008
University of Bristol Ref. No.: 14116
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