Nanoscale regulation of contractile tension in the actomyosin cortex.
Research Associate
Project aims
1) Develop new tools to quantitively characterise actin and myosin organisation at the cortex, and
2) Investigate how actin-myosin nanoscale organisation changes during the cortical tension increase associated with mitotic entry.
Requirements:
PhD (or about to be awarded a PhD) in Cell Biophysics or a related field and have extensive experience with quantitative imaging and image analysis, and/or cell mechanobiology. Experience investigating cellular actin or with electron microscopy imaging will be considered an advantage.
For more information, please see https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-associate-fixed-term-pm48887
Opened 19.02.2026 | Closes 16.03.2026
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