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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research Associate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fixed Term for 2 Years<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Starting salary: Grade 7 – £31,342<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Keele University wishes to appoint a Research Associate for the duration of 2 years starting on 1<sup>st</sup> August 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter, in order to conduct research on the development of novel voltage-sensitive dyes for neuroimaging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will work in the group led by Professor Peter Andras in the </span><a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/scm/research/centreforcomputerscienceresearch/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Computer Science Research Centre</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and the </span><a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/scm/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>School of Computing and Mathematics</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> at </span><a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Keele University</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and within a Leverhulme Trust funded project. The project runs in collaboration with the group of Professor Andrew Benniston from the School of Chemistry at Newcastle University. The aim of the project is to use rational molecular design to develop novel voltage-sensitive dyes with low toxicity and strong fluorescent signal in order to improve significantly the quality of neuroimaging data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will work on the testing and evaluation of novel voltage-sensitive dyes for neuroimaging developed by our collaborators from Newcastle University. The novel dyes will be tested and evaluated by imaging neural activity in the crustacean stomatogastric ganglion and brain slices. You will be expected to contribute to the design of the experiments, run the experiments, collect and analyse the data, contribute to the writing of scientific papers and to present the results at conferences. You will be also encouraged to develop your leadership skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You should have a PhD in a science subject (neuroscience, biology, computer science, physics, mathematics or similar), an interest in working on neuroscience experiments and a demonstrated aptitude for research. Experience in analysis of neuroimaging or similar data is essential and experience in micro-dissection and electrophysiology is highly desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For further enquiries please contact Professor Peter Andras at p.andras @keele.ac.uk. </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For full post details and to apply, please visit: </span></b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/RE15-12"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";background:white'>http://tinyurl.com/RE15-12</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Closing date for applications</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: 29<sup>th</sup> June 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interview dates: 6 – 7 July 2015 (to be confirmed)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interviews may be conducted remotely if needed (via skype or similar technology)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Professor Peter Andras<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Professor of Computer Science and Informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Head of Computing Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>School of Computing and Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Keele University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Keele, Staffordshire<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ST5 5BG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Tel. +44-1782-733412<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Fax. +44-1782-734268<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:p.andras@keele.ac.uk">p.andras@keele.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Web: <a href="http://www.scm.keele.ac.uk/staff/p_andras/">www.scm.keele.ac.uk/staff/p_andras/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>