Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry

**About the role**





Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry to
work under the supervision of Professor Andrew Baldwin for a period of up to
one year. The project is part of a wider programme of work to establish that
membraneless organelles, biological liquid droplets, are effectively regions
of organic solvent, suspended inside cells and that the properties of each are
governed by the specific intermolecular interactions responsible for
stabilising the chains. This presents an exciting opportunity to demonstrate
how fundamental principles from physical chemistry have been incorporated into
cellular function. We are now looking for a postdoc with expertise in IDPs and
NMR that can help us study these systems in more detail. Training will be
provided in NMR, programming methods such as python, as well as wet lab skills
for handling and producing protein, and performing biophysical assays to study
phase separation.





Find out more about our group here: https://baldwinlab.chem.ox.ac.uk/.





**About you**





Applicants must hold a PhD Biophysics, Chemistry or a related area, or be
close to completion, prior to taking up your appointment. The research
requires experience in NMR, familiarity in working with IDPs, experience in
the field of phase separation. You will be expected to manage your own
academic research and administrative activities. This involves small scale
project management, co-ordinating multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines.





The post will be based in the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, New
Biochemistry Building, South Parks Road, Oxford and is available immediately.





**Application Process**





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required
to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your application. In your
supporting statement **( <5 pages)**, please explain how you meet each of the
selection criteria found in the job description.





**Certificates, references and research papers should not be provided at this
stage.**





The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on 4 June 2025, UK time.
Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.





The University of Oxford and The Department of Chemistry are Silver Athena
SWAN holders. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and
ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in Chemistry research
posts in Oxford.