You will be part of a team involving co-researchers in London, and also working in collaboration with a team of colleagues working in Paris, in a study funded as part of a bilateral initiative by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche. Working under the direction of the Principal Investigator (Prof Gary Bridge, University of Bristol) and in collaboration with the co-investigator (Prof Tim Butler, Kings College London), you will be based in Bristol and will be involved in the following tasks: analysis of the theoretical literature on the middle classes; socio-demographic analysis of the neighbourhoods in London; analysis of relevant documents and interviews with key informants that discuss middle class identity and activity in the neighbourhoods; design, conduct and subsequent qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with middle-class residents in the different neighbourhoods. You will also be involved in the writing up and dissemination of the results of

• Liaising with the consortium team to provide precise and comprehensible data analysis
• Taking the lead in writing research papers coming directly from the ALSPAC work and contributing to papers written as part of the consortium deliverables
• Attending relevant consortium meetings and presenting the work at these and at relevant conferences
• Line managing the data preparation assistant
• Documenting all newly derived variables
• Designing and maintaining a database of research papers pertinent to the project.

You will join the Multifunctional Composites Research Group, within the Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) to consider modelling (analytical and finite element) of advanced and innovative concepts for fibre reinforced polymer composites.
You will be required to investigate and develop numerical modelling strategies for the prediction of damage and failure in highly innovative, multifunctional composite materials, requiring a comprehensive physical understanding of underlying behaviour and damage mechanisms. Failure prediction methodologies will be developed and results validated against experimental testing. The position offers significant scope for innovation and conceptual development.

We currently have an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher on physics and engineering of high power Tera-Hertz Gunn diodes using new innovative planar GaAs device concepts. The project focuses on the characterization and development of these new devices, and the development of unique new heat sinking techniques and technologies directly integrated into the Gunn diodes to improve their properties and their reliability. This position benefits from the unique thermal and stress device analysis techniques developed and pioneered in Bristol, which will also be developed further in this project.

ADP is an important mediator of haemostasis and thrombosis influencing platelet activation by the coordinated stimulation of P2Y purinergic receptors whose signalling is regulated in a dynamic and complex manner (Mundell et al., 2008 JTH). You will examine the role of NHERF proteins in coordinating P2Y receptor function in human platelets. You will also identify novel platelet expressed proteins that regulate P2Y receptor function (Nisar et al., 2010 Traffic). This research may lead to the development of more effective drugs for the treatment of thrombosis.
The project would most suit a researcher who has already completed one post-doctoral position with a strong interest in GPCR pharmacology, protein traffic and platelet biology plus practical experience of cell biology and molecular biology.

We are seeking to appoint a talented and able medical statistician/epidemiologist to contribute to genetic analyses, including genome-wide association studies on participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and other cohort studies held at the MRC CAiTE/Department of Social Medicine.
You will complete statistical analyses and contribute to writing papers for journal publication. Approximately 50% of your time will be concerned with genome-wide and Mendelian randomization analyses that will (where appropriate) provide you to take a lead role and obtain first author papers. The other 50% of your time will be providing genetic statistical support to key collaborators with ALSPAC and for this work you would be co-author (as appropriate) but not be leading the work.
Analytical approaches will include generalized linear regression

An opportunity to join the active low-temperature thermochronology research group based at the University of Glasgow and the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) is now open through the award of a three year, NERC funded project entitled, ‘Resolving the age of the first order topography of Africa’. The primary purpose of the post is to work collaboratively with the principal and co-investigators to undertake and publish research to achieve the aims of the project. A key objective of the project is to apply the thermochronometry techniques of apatite fission track and (U-Th/He) analysis to sample materials selected from deep boreholes and surface samples.

Research Assistant/Associate
Ref: 00085-6
Salary: £25,751 - £28,983 (grade 6)/£31,671 - £35,646 (grade 7) per annum.
We seek a post-doctoral researcher with experience in limnological biogeochemical research to join the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences’ Earth Surface Dynamics research group. This position is working with Dr. Susan Waldron, Prof. Michael Bird (University of St. Andrews) and Amazonica colleagues, in applying field, laboratory and GIS modelling methods to quantify carbon effluxes from freshwater systems in the Amazon basin.

The overall aim of the MEMTIDE Initial training Network will be to create a new generation of synthesis technologies for peptide and oligonucleotide (“tide”) manufacture, with focus on the use of emerging membrane technology to effect critical separations. Under the supervision of Professor Andrew Livingston, the Marie Curie Researchers appointed to the project will help to develop new nanofiltration membranes with improved chemical stability, and closely controlled molecular discrimination properties. Novel synthesis strategies for tides, which utilise membranes for key separations will be created and researchers will consider both step change improvements to solid phase tide synthesis, and the realisation of a completely new concept of tide synthesis based on solution phase synthesis coupled to membrane purification.

£34,607 - £43,840 pa | Ref: 4115-09-E
The National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) is inviting applications for a Lectureship in either one, or a combination of the following areas: Coatings/Nano-/Micro-Tribology.
Established in 2008 through an EPSRC S&I Award, supplemented by matched funding from the university and 28 industrial partners, nCATS is a multi-disciplinary venture involving the Schools of Engineering Sciences, Electronics and Computer Science, Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Chemistry, Medicine and the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI).