Team Leader Positions

Location: Breakthrough Research Unit, The University of Manchester, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences

Salary: Salary to be negotiated

Reference: MHS/80991

Closing date for applications: 13 OCT 2008

Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the UK's leading charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education is setting up a ground breaking new research unit in partnership with the University of Manchester. The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Manchester will be based within the Manchester Cancer Research Centre in the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, adjacent to the Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and will form an integral part of the Manchester Breast Centre.

The Breakthrough Research Unit, Manchester is recruiting 2 Team Leaders in Basic Breast Cancer Biology. You should be a leading player in cancer research or a junior investigator with significant potential. You will have an excellent track record including a significant number of high impact publications.

Suitable candidates will be invited to visit the Manchester Breast Centre to give a seminar and discuss their future research.

Informal enquires for both posts can be made to Professor Tony Howell on +44 (0) 161 446 8037 or anthony.howell@christie.nhs.uk and maria.parker@christie.nhs.uk

www.breastcentre.manchester.ac.uk

Application forms and further particulars are available from our website www.manchester.ac.uk/vacancies.  If you are unable to go online you can request a hard copy of the details from the Directorate of Human Resources, Tel: 0161 275 8835, E-mail: mhs-hr@manchester.ac.uk quoting the reference number.

Please quote reference MHS/80991.