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- Tenure: Appointments made at Career Development Faculty level will be on a 6 year fixed term basis. For a more experienced candidate we would consider appointing at Career Faculty level which will be on a permanent basis.
- Salary: We offer a competitive starting salary for this position
- Location: Sutton, Greater London
- Hours: 35 hours per week (full time). This role is eligible for hybrid working.
Job Details
The Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging at ICR has opened a broad-area faculty search in pre-clinical cancer Imaging and Therapy located at its Centre for Cancer Imaging. This scientist position (physics, chemistry, data-science) is full-time and focussed on the junior faculty level, while exceptional candidates could be considered for appointment at Full Professor level.
The ICR welcomes applications from scientists committed to developing a research program focused on pre-clinical cancer Imaging and treatment, broadly defined. This includes, but is not limited to, novel instrumentation, image acquisition, visualization or quantitative processing techniques, novel chemistry/materials science for molecular imaging probe development, novel assay development and mathematical modelling.
The successful candidate must have an interest in leading an independent research program and participating in our centre-wide efforts to develop and translate novel cancer therapies into clinical practice. The ideal candidate will have potential trajectory and/or demonstrated academic breadth, as exemplified by significant research experience resulting in high impact publications. The successful candidate will be expected to obtain substantial grant funding.
Along with completing the online application form, you will be asked to attach the following documents and failure to do so will mean your application cannot be considered on this occasion:
- Full CV
- Lists of major publications, achievements, research grants, distinctions.
- Research plan (five to six pages outlining your current research interests and research programme for the next 5 years)
- A PDF of a maximum of five key publications, or other research outputs (e.g. patents) that best demonstrate previous productivity
- You must also complete the personal statement section of the application form in the format of a covering letter including the names and contact details of three academic referees
For informal enquiries please contact Professor Uwe Oelfke uwe.oelfke@icr.ac.uk
Department/Directorate Information:
The ICR has invested heavily in preclinical imaging, with a new £20M building, Centre for Cancer Imaging, for state of the art integrative, multi-modality functional imaging which opened in early 2015, integrating our biological services unit, tumour biology, drug discovery and translational medicine with a range of biologically informative imaging techniques using cutting edge equipment.
About The Institute of Cancer Research
Why work for us?
As a member of staff, you'll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.
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The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.
We are committed to attracting and developing the best minds in the world to join us as research Group Leaders in our mission – to make the discoveries that defeat cancer. Our team leaders work among brilliant and motivated people from around the world, in a vibrant research/clinical environment that values and encourages collaboration and team science.
We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.
