King's College London

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About Us

The guiding mission of the Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology (CIBCI) is to be an internationally renowned centre for research and training in inflammation biology and tumour immunobiology.

Our researchers aspire to advance the fundamental and applied knowledge of the biology, diagnosis and treatment of inflammation, its associated pathologies, and its bearing on tumour immunobiology. Our collective aim is to identify key mechanisms and pathways underlying inflammation and cancer and to create opportunities for novel treatments for human disease.

CIBCI’s interdisciplinary programme brings together academics, clinicians and trainees to work on clinically relevant cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation and tumour immunobiology. This creates a stimulating environment to develop, investigate and apply cutting-edge models and techniques, both experimental and computational, to advance the understanding of human inflammatory disease and cancer. Our projects include studies on tissue imaging, immune cell signalling, immunometabolism, wound healing, neuro-immune interactions, antigen processing and presentation, and innate and adaptive immune cell function, differentiation and regulation.

We foster a collaborative environment that stimulates interactions between all who work in inflammation biology and/or cancer immunology across the King’s faculty, with the aim to advance both research and education in these areas.

About the role

The successful candidates will join a team in Dr. Yin Wu’s lab working on the role of gamma delta T cells in triple negative breast cancers. The post is part of the KCL Breast Cancer Now (BCN) Five-Year programme investigating novel immune therapeutic strategies for hard-to-treat triple negative breast cancers. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out experiments, helping design experiments, co-ordinating the project, timelines, meetings and generally ensuring the smooth running of the lab. In addition, the postholder may also be responsible for training PhD and project students in the lab. There is an emphasis on translating findings in collaboration with the wider BCN team. The job will involve working with human gamma delta T cells and primary human tissues as well as interpreting multi-omics datasets. The role will therefore require state-of-the-art skills and confidence in wet-lab research, data analytics, and oral and visual communication.

This is a full time 35 hours per week, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31July 2028.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. PhD qualified in immmunology *
2. Theoretical knowledge of gamma-delta T cells and practical expertise in culture and manipulation of these cells
3. Theoretical and practical expertise in cellular and molecular immunology in human model systems  
4. Experience of working in academia and in biotech  
5. Expertise in statistics and machine-learning, e.g., scikit-learn, NLTK, k-means, decision trees; and programming  
6. Experience of multiparametric flow cytometry  
7. Experience of writing primary research manuscripts

Desirable criteria

1. Publication(s) in gamma delta biology  
2. Publication(s) in triple negative breast cancer  

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6. 

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

This post is subject to Occupational Health clearances.