Job ID: 3430
Job date: 2015-05-19
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Company : National University of Ireland Country : Role : Postdoc
Job date: 2015-05-19
End Date:
Company : National University of Ireland Country : Role : Postdoc
Job Description:
Research Assistants (2 posts) - Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology National University of Ireland, Galway - Neuroscience Centre and Centre for Pain Research / College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Location: Galway Salary: €21,865 £15,790.90 converted salary* per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 19th May 2015 Closes: 26th June 2015 Job Ref: NUIG 056-15 ★ View Employer Profile
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for two (2) fixed-term contract Research Assistant positions in Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology based at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Appointments will be made on a full-time fixed-term contract basis for four years subject to successful completion of probationary period. The successful candidates will work on a research programme that will employ an integrative, multidisciplinary, whole-systems neuroscience approach to elucidate the role of the brain’s opioid system in preclinical models of relevance to depression, anxiety, pain and autism.
These posts are funded by a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Partnership Programme Grant totalling ~ €1.6 million to Professor John Kelly, Professor David Finn and Dr Michelle Roche in collaboration with Professor Shane O’Mara at Trinity College Dublin and Alkermes plc. Successful candidates will join a vibrant group of researchers in NUI Galway’s Neuroscience Centre and Centre for Pain Research
Applicant specifications: Candidates should hold, or have in prospect, a first class or upper second class honours BSc in a relevant biology-based subject, a relevant MSc would be an advantage. Applicants must demonstrate a keen interest in pre-clinical research in the area of neuroscience and neuropharmacology relating to affective disorders, pain and autism. Experience in one or more of the following would be desirable: Behavioural neuroscience/neuropharmacology; pre-clinical pain, stress, anxiety, depression or autism research models; stereotaxic surgery; intracerebral microinjection; in vivo microdialysis coupled to HPLC; immunohistochemistry; mass spectrometry for quantitation of small molecules; Western immunoblotting; RT-qPCR; radioligand binding.
Start date: 1st September 2015
Starting salary: €21,865 per annum
(public sector pay policy rules pertaining to new entrants will apply)
NB: Work permit restrictions apply to this category of post.
Informal enquiries about these posts via e-mail to: David.Finn@nuigalway.ie
To apply: Candidates should send a detailed curriculum vitae and a covering letter (Word or PDF format only) with a 300 word statement explaining their interest in the post and in this field of research, together with the names and contact details of at least two referees by e-mail to: David.Finn@nuigalway.ie
Please ensure to put the reference number NUIG-056-15 in the subject line of the email application.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 p.m. Friday 26th June 2015.
National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer.
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Research Assistants (2 posts) - Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology National University of Ireland, Galway - Neuroscience Centre and Centre for Pain Research / College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Location: Galway Salary: €21,865 £15,790.90 converted salary* per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Contract / Temporary Placed on: 19th May 2015 Closes: 26th June 2015 Job Ref: NUIG 056-15 ★ View Employer Profile
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for two (2) fixed-term contract Research Assistant positions in Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology based at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Appointments will be made on a full-time fixed-term contract basis for four years subject to successful completion of probationary period. The successful candidates will work on a research programme that will employ an integrative, multidisciplinary, whole-systems neuroscience approach to elucidate the role of the brain’s opioid system in preclinical models of relevance to depression, anxiety, pain and autism.
These posts are funded by a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Partnership Programme Grant totalling ~ €1.6 million to Professor John Kelly, Professor David Finn and Dr Michelle Roche in collaboration with Professor Shane O’Mara at Trinity College Dublin and Alkermes plc. Successful candidates will join a vibrant group of researchers in NUI Galway’s Neuroscience Centre and Centre for Pain Research
Applicant specifications: Candidates should hold, or have in prospect, a first class or upper second class honours BSc in a relevant biology-based subject, a relevant MSc would be an advantage. Applicants must demonstrate a keen interest in pre-clinical research in the area of neuroscience and neuropharmacology relating to affective disorders, pain and autism. Experience in one or more of the following would be desirable: Behavioural neuroscience/neuropharmacology; pre-clinical pain, stress, anxiety, depression or autism research models; stereotaxic surgery; intracerebral microinjection; in vivo microdialysis coupled to HPLC; immunohistochemistry; mass spectrometry for quantitation of small molecules; Western immunoblotting; RT-qPCR; radioligand binding.
Start date: 1st September 2015
Starting salary: €21,865 per annum
(public sector pay policy rules pertaining to new entrants will apply)
NB: Work permit restrictions apply to this category of post.
Informal enquiries about these posts via e-mail to: David.Finn@nuigalway.ie
To apply: Candidates should send a detailed curriculum vitae and a covering letter (Word or PDF format only) with a 300 word statement explaining their interest in the post and in this field of research, together with the names and contact details of at least two referees by e-mail to: David.Finn@nuigalway.ie
Please ensure to put the reference number NUIG-056-15 in the subject line of the email application.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 p.m. Friday 26th June 2015.
National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer.
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