Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pain & Stromal Cell Immunology

We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to join the laboratory of Franziska Denk in the Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (Wolfson SPaRC) at King’s College London.
Our team is focused on understanding the interactions between peripheral nerves and their surrounding local environment, including connective tissue and immune cells. Most of our current projects are integrated in large, multidisciplinary (and often international) research programs, that include a wide range of experts like immunologists, inflammation biologists, neuroscientists, clinicians and lived experience partners.
The ultimate aim of our research is to find a cure for chronic pain caused by diverse conditions, such as pathological scarring, endometriosis, arthritis and direct nerve damage.
As a successful candidate, your role would involve working closely with researchers within and beyond King’s on two separate, but related projects, both involving the analysis of human tissue from painful conditions.
You would conduct multi-parameter flow cytometry of frozen tissue and collect and process additional tissue through existing collaborations. It is therefore essential that you have experience working with human samples and with the ethical considerations that such research entails.
You would join a vibrant and welcoming work environment that will involve co-supervision by a matrix biologist (Prof Tanya Shaw) and that will require you to liaise with international research teams across Europe and South Africa.
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 24 months.  
Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.