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英国Bristol大学神经科学和内分泌研究博士后岗位

日期:2008-01-18
Institution

University of Bristol (http://www.bristol.ac.uk)

Position

Postdoctoral Research Asociate

Location

Bristol, UK

Date Posted

Jan 17th 2008

Date Expires

Feb 7th 2008

Description

Postdoctoral Research Asociate (reference 13697)

Based in the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscienceand Endocrinology (HW-LINE, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK) you willinvestigate the role of glucocorticoid hormones in the brain andperiphery as part of the stress response. You will study glucocorticoidhormone response profiles, receptor occupancy and nuclear translocationof corticosteroid receptors, and the role of ABC transporters in thecontrol of glucocorticoid tissue levels. You will apply microdialysis,steroid-binding assays, Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry techniques.

This post is funded by a newly awarded BBSRC research project grant toDr Astrid Linthorst (in collaboration with Professors Johannes Reul andStafford Lightman). You will join a friendly and enthusiastic teamworking in the state-of-the-art Dorothy Hodgkin Building whichaccommodates HW-LINE. You should have a PhD, or equivalent, in arelevant life science subject. You should also have experience inmicrodialysis or other relevant sampling methods. Experience inneuroanatomical methods (i.e. immunohistochemistry) would be desirable.Furthermore, you should have good written and oral communication skills.This three-year post is available from March 2008.

Contact

If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or apermanent contract depending on the extent of your previous relevantresearch experience. Further information can be found at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/
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