海外

Research Assistant (Postdoctoral)
St George's, University of London - Biomedical Sciences
Reference:   113-11
Closing Date:   Friday 13 January 2012
Interview Date:   Thursday 26 January 2012
Salary:  £29,972 to £35,788 Plus £2,798 London Allowance

This exciting new position offers a post-doctoral researcher experience to work on a project investigating disease mechanisms in osteoarthritis.

Recent work from our group and others has shown that chronic synovitis and bone marrow lesions correlate with increased pain in osteoarthritis. We are currently investigating the nature of the composition of the extracellular matrix and bone marrow lesions in the perception of pain in osteoarthritis.

This post will involve close communication with the clinical rheumatology, clinical radiology and orthopaedics service at St George's Hospital to obtain tissue from joint replacement surgery.

Participants enrolled in our current study will receive MRI scans of the knee before joint replacement surgery. Tissue obtained at joint replacement will then be systematically analysed for composition and behaviour of the extracellular matrix, cellular phenotypes, pain activation and the histological nature and function of bone marrow lesions.中国留学人才网（海归人才网）http://www.liuxuehr.com 为广大海外高层次人才提供回国就业、创业机会，关注海归生活。高层次人才交流QQ群：106247053 留学人才网微博：http://weibo.com/liuxuehr