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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Job post:
<b>Postdoctoral Fellow </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R090)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">/ Research Associate</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R091)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> / Research Assistant
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(CEVR-R092)
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Appointment period: contract of 12 months to max 36 months]</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organisation background</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Centre for Eye and Vision Research Limited (CEVR) is a research
 collaboration between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the University of Waterloo (UW) in Canada. It will be located at the Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong. It will be the first global hub performing ground-breaking research
 in five key areas – myopia and eye growth, ocular drug discovery and delivery, vision enhancement, tear film and ocular surface and advanced optometric technology. The mission of CEVR is to generate technologies to prevent vision loss in the aging population
 and preserve healthy vision.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Research study background:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our research goals include the development of non-invasive drug delivery methods based on contact lens and eye drops with extended drug retention time and
 improved therapeutic efficacy. Molecular and materials engineering approaches will be used to achieve these goal including the use of DNA aptamers, molecularly imprinted polymers, hydrogels and liposomes.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Required skills and job duty</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The appointees will assist the project leaders in the research project : “Spherical nucleic acids for delivery of ocular related drugs” The tasks include
 project development, study design/protocol, ethics application, experimental setup, data collection, data analysis and preparation of manuscript. Preference will be given to candidate who has the experience in the following areas: nucleic acids research, liposomes,
 hydrogels, cell and animal studies.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants should also have a good command of spoken and written English. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Qualification</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the
<b>Postdoctoral Fellow</b> posts should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification in Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacy, Vision Science, Ophthalmology, Chemical Technology, Health Technology, Rehabilitation
 or other related disciplines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the <b>Research Associate</b> posts should have a master’s degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for the <b>Research Assistant</b> posts should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification in one of the said disciplines.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The appointees shall be working in Hong Kong. Overseas graduate is welcome to apply, the qualification awarding institution should be the top 100 institutions for STEM-related subjects in QS/Shanghai
 Jiao Tong Uni/Times Higher Education world university rankings.</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CvMCaVZsB--SeVGbioZHtqFcx7-UmQZl/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">(details here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Enquiry</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants may contact Prof. Man-sau Wong  (<a href="mailto:man-sau.wong@polyu.edu.hk">man-sau.wong@polyu.edu.hk</a>) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
 or Prof Juewen Liu (<a href="mailto:liujw@uwaterloo.ca">liujw@uwaterloo.ca</a>) of the University of Waterloo for enquiry.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Remuneration</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered. Applicants are invited to send the application form
</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GzSQ4JHy3TnJsynR_ss8hFwvB7X1fxY/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">(download
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">here), CV and expected salary to the email
<a href="mailto:career@cevr.hk">career@cevr.hk</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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