King’s College London
British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence
Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project investigating the cardiac functions of protein kinase D (PKD). The focus of the project will be on the protein interactions of PKD in the heart and their functional consequences. This post is funded for 3 years by a Medical Research Council research grant.
This is a full-time post to which we wish to appoint a cardiac physiologist with experience in in vitro and/or in vivo assessment of cardiac function and an interest in signal transduction. Appointment will be made at KCL Grade 6, starting at £32,917 inclusive of London Weighting Allowance per annum.
This appointment will be in the Cardiovascular Division (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/cardio/), where informal enquiries regarding the project may be directed to Professor Metin Avkiran (www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/cardio/pi/avkiran-m). Interviews of short-listed candidates are expected to be held in January 2009, with appointments starting by March 2009.
For an information pack please see our website at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/cardio/jobs/ or email pauline.newlands@kcl.ac.uk.
Please quote reference W6/MKJ/417/08-NY when applying and in all correspondence.
The closing date for applications is 10th December 2008.
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