英國弗朗西斯克里克研究所2024年招聘博士后（胚胎干細(xì)胞）
弗朗西斯·克里克研究所（Francis Crick Institute）：2010年諾貝爾獎得主、遺傳學(xué)家保羅·納斯提議將英國倫敦兩家最大的生物醫(yī)學(xué)研究中心（英國國家醫(yī)學(xué)研究所，英國癌癥研究中心）合并在一起，建立一個(gè)巨型實(shí)驗(yàn)室。
2015年11月實(shí)驗(yàn)室將竣工，2021年，這家耗費(fèi)6.5億英鎊（約63億人民幣）、占地9.3萬平方米的研究所將全功率運(yùn)行，將有1600位科學(xué)家和工作人員在這里工作，它將成為歐洲最大的單一生物醫(yī)學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)室。
Postdoctoral Fellow –Hill lab
Employer
Francis Crick Institute
Location
London (Central), London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
From £43,210 with benefits, subject to skills and experience
Closing date
31 Oct 2024
Postdoctoral Fellow – Hill lab
Reporting to: Caroline Hill, Head of Developmental Signalling Laboratory
Contact term: This is a full-time, fixed term [4 years] position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.
The Research Group
The Developmental Signalling Laboratory headed by Caroline Hill focuses on cell signalling in early vertebrate development and disease - see https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/researchers-d-j/caroline-hill/. Their work seeks to understand how TGF-b family signalling pathways function normally in early vertebrate development and in adult untransformed cells, and how these signalling pathways are perturbed in disease, in particular in cancer and the Marfan-related syndromes. Work in the Hill laboratory exploits the very powerful combination of early vertebrate developmental systems (zebrafish embryos), together with a variety of model tissue culture systems (human and mouse ES cell/iPS cell models), and mouse cancer models and uses a very wide range of methodologies including developmental and cell biology, cancer biology, next generation sequencing and computational modelling. The Hill lab encourages creative and independent thinking and promotes excellent training and mentoring. The group currently comprises ten people – five postdocs, two PhD students, a clinical fellow, a master’s student and a senior laboratory research scientist.
For selected recent publications see:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37714159/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36473458/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34737283/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34003511/
The Project
Recent work in my lab has determined that mesoderm and endoderm specification in zebrafish embryos requires the interplay of two signalling pathways, Nodal and Fgf/Erk. We have shown that the distribution of endodermal progenitors results from a stochastic process where sustained Nodal signalling provides a competency window for the switching of bipotential progenitors to an endodermal fate. Switching is apparently stochastic and is inhibited by Fgf/Erk signalling. Cells that do not switch to the endodermal fate, differentiate to mesoderm. Thus, we hypothesise that short windows of Erk inactivity govern the switching to the endodermal fate and we have shown that these occur as cells undergo mitosis as a result of a phenomenon we are calling mitotic erasure.
We now want to understand whether a similar mechanism controls the cell fate decision between mesoderm and definitive endoderm in humans, and if not, how this fate decision is controlled. To undertake this work, I am looking for a highly motivated postdoc with proven research abilities and an excellent publication record.
The project will make use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) differentiated as 2D and 3D gastruloids. We will multiplex our novel Erk biosensor with live cell fate reporters to discover whether and how Erk signalling is involved in the cell fate decision between definitive endoderm and mesoderm. Furthermore, we will use multiomics scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq methodology, as well as whole genome CRISPR screening approaches to gain unbiased new insights into the mechanisms driving the specification of the mesodermal and endodermal lineages in humans.
Postdoctoral Fellows at the Crick lead their own projects, contribute to other projects on a collaborative basis (both in the lab and with external collaborators) and may guide PhD students in their research. The ability to work in a team is essential.
Key experience and competencies
The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values:
Bold; Imaginative; Open; Dynamic; Collegial
Essential
PhD in a relevant biological science
Good knowledge and hands on experience of working with embryonic stem cells
Technical expertise in differentiating embryonic stem cells to different tissue types
Technical expertise in live imaging
Track record of writing papers as evidenced by publications or submitted manuscripts in referred journals
Evidence of data presentation at scientific meetings
Strong organisational skills and thorough record-keeping
Ability to work independently and also in a team
Desirable
Experience in signal transduction research
Experience in ‘omics techniques and bioinformatic analysis
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