Research Associate / Senior Research Associate (Ref: 1318028)

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly skilled Senior Research Associate to work in the group of Dr. Andrew Martin on further development of 'Abysis', an integrated database and analysis framework for antibody sequence and structure.

The software is freely accessible over the web and is already being licensed, for in-house use, to a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies developing antibody-based therapeutics. This project will further develop Abysis to make it available as a full commercial product. The post, sponsored by the BBSRC Follow-On Fund, is initially funded for one year and will involve enhancing and documenting code, web and database development, integrating additional analysis methods, developing and testing methods to integrate 3D protein modelling and development of spin-off versions of Abysis to handle alternative scaffolds.

The position will be available for an immediate start.

Key Requirements

The post holder must have excellent programming skills in Perl, HTML, CSS and SQL (PostgreSQL), as well as a good understanding of protein sequence and structure, software versioning and unit testing. A working knowledge of Python and C would be an advantage. You will have qualifications or experience equivalent to a PhD in a relevant area and a proven ability to develop robust, reliable and well-documented software and web sites.

Further Details

Further particulars, including a job description and person specification, can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please ensure you read these carefully before applying for the post.

To view the current version of Abysis, please visit: http://www.abysis.org/

Starting salary will depend on qualifications and experience, but is in the range of £32,375 to £40,216 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Applications, including a CV and names and contact details of three referees, should be sent to Dr. Andrew Martin, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Darwin Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Or, apply here.

For enquiries, please phone +44(0)20 7679 7034 or email andrew.martin@ucl.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 22nd March 2013.

Further information

• Job description and Person specification
• Job Advert on UCL recruitment pages