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Research Technician

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Aug 9, 2017

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We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and hard-working individual to help support the laboratory processing of samples collected in clinical trials and other research studies run by the Bristol Children’s Vaccine Centre.

Our team studies the carriage and transmission of bacteria and viruses inhabiting the upper respiratory tract of children and young adults, and the effects of vaccines on these, with a particular focus on meningococcus and pneumococcus. We use a combination of microbiological (culture) and molecular (polymerase chain reaction (PCR)) methods to detect and quantify these and other bacteria and viruses in throat swabs, nasal swabs and/or saliva samples.

You will have previous experience working or studying in a biological laboratory environment and experience of molecular biology techniques, such as nucleic acid extraction and PCR assays.

For informal enquiries please contact: Ms Begonia Morales-Aza (Laboratory Research Manager); m.b.morales-aza@bristol.ac.uk; 0117 3312401 or Dr Jenny Oliver (Clinical Research Manager); jennifer.oliver@bristol.ac.uk; 0117 3420160

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 9 August 2017.

The University is committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive culture.  We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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