Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Bristol - School of Biological Sciences

Description:  The Research Fellow position is available to undertake an ERC-funded project to investigate mechanisms of generation of iridescence in tropical plants, and the potential impacts of this iridescence on plant growth and development. The project will use a number of plant physiology and plant molecular biology techniques.

Requirements:1). Candidates must have a knowledge of laboratory techniques including transcriptome and candidate gene analysis and heterologous gene expression in plants. A background in plant cell wall development would be a plus.

2). Candidates must have a PhD in a relevant subject area and an experimental laboratory background is essential. You should be an enthusiastic and innovative scientist, a good team-worker and an excellent communicator.

Time period:  The position is full-time and available immediately for a period of more than four years

Salary: £29,853

Contact: Dr H Whitney (heather.whitney@bristol.ac.uk | Tel:  0117 954 5910)

Deadline: 18 Feb 2011 at : 9:00am

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Sales and Box Office Manager@ University of Warwick-- Warwick Arts Centre

Description: Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, is one of the UK's leading arts venues, attracting over 250,000 visitors to some 1,600 events, embracing music, theatre, dance, comedy, literature, film and the visual arts.
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Deadline: 3 February 2011.

Senior Service Desk Assistant @ Lancaster University- Information Systems Services

Description:  Two Senior Service Desk Assistant needed at information systems services. As Senior Service Desk Assistant, you will be part of a team providing first line support to users of the University's IT services. Applicants for this post must have experience of working in a customer service environment as well as certified IT experience. You will combine your IT and problem solving skills with a strong user-focus to ensure excellent service to the user community.
 Time Period: 12 months.
No of Position: 2
Salary : £17,111 to £19,185 Apprx.
Deadline: 9 February 2011.
Link: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=N123R&forced=1

Different fellowships and Studentships and grants available @ Medical research Council , London or Swindon

Description: The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. We support research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences, in universities and hospitals, in our own units, centres and institutes in the UK, and in our units in Africa.

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PhD Studentships @ University of Cambridge

Description:MRC studentships cover university and college fees,  an annual stipend at current MRC rates (£13,650 for UK citizens), a contribution towards research expenses and some incidental costs. The Department's key areas of research excellence relate to the interests of the MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Board and include many aspects of behavioural and cognitive neuroscience such as learning and memory, hearing and vision, comparative cognition, speech and language, perception, attention and translational research related to neuropsychiatric disorders such as addiction, depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, along with neuroscience in education

Eligibility: Applicants should have, or expect to achieve an upper-second or first-class degree in a relevant subject.
- Applicants must be UK nationals ordinarily resident in the UK
-     EU nationals are eligible for fees only awards.  No stipend is payable
-     An EU national with a relevant connection to the UK may be eligible to receive a stipend.  A relevant connection can be established if an individual has been ordinarily resident in the UK throughout the three years preceding the date of application.
-     Non-EU or overseas citizens are not eligible and such students should not apply
Starting date: The start date for these studentships is 1st October 2011.
Limit of tenure: 30th September 2014.
Link: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/pages/research.html
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Email:  cjh61@cam.ac.uk
Deadline: 3rd February  2011.

Graduate Admissions( Phd, Mphil, Msc Course) @ University of Cambridge

Requirement Description: Candidates who wish to become research students in the Department should usually have a good degree in psychology, neuroscience or in another subject (for example, physiology, linguistics, computer science, or engineering) which may provide sufficient background for research in certain areas of experimental psychology, behavioral or cognitive behavioural neuroscience.  Experience and/or training in experimental psychology is not a requirement, but may be advantageous for some research projects.

Graduate work in Cambridge is intense and very intellectually demanding and so the University has high academic entry requirements. You are normally expected to hold or to be about to achieve:

• at least a 2.I honours degree from a UK university 
• an equivalent standard from an overseas university

(On a 4-point GPA, we require  a minimum of 3.5 out of 4)

• a fluent command of the English Language
• completion of any current training or education course

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