UK: Research Assistant/PhD Student (Marie Curie) at Centre for Public Health

Deadline: 1st October 2012

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Ref: 12/102235

This is an exciting collaborative project within the REPROTRAIN Initial Training Network (www.reprotrain.eu) offering a PhD position based primarily in Belfast, UK but also spending time in Barcelona, Spain within a comprehensive multidisciplinary Systems Biology based training approach in the field of Reproductive Biology and Andrology.

The successful candidate will be an active member of the research project/team characterising the DNA fragmentation and DNA adducts of sperm from fertile and infertile men and relating these to chromatin classification and assisted conception outcomes.

To qualify for this post, the candidate must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work or studies) in the host country for more than 12 months in the past 3 years.

Duration: 3 years (appointment must end by 31 December 2015) 
Anticipated interview date: Monday 15 October 2012

Salary scale: £28,420 - £31,492 per annum plus mobility payment

Closing date: Monday 1 October 2012

Please visit our website for further information and to apply online - www.qub.ac.uk/jobs or alternatively contact the Personnel Department, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. 
Telephone (028) 90973044 FAX: (028) 90971040 or e-mail on personnel@qub.ac.uk

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

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