Year 1 FODOCS Welcome Ambassador

FODOCS Students of any year/ discipline required to fill several co-creation roles.  

In response to a consultation process undertaken to investigate the faculty?s low NSS scores, we are searching for several BDS, DTH and PGT students, from all years to join working groups with staff as equal partners in the exploration of the main themes and topics arising from the NSS feedback. Together, you will co-create new processes, interventions and activities to improve the student experience. 

Students will be added to a pool of student co-creators, being offered work on projects, workshops, focus groups and advisory groups throughout the year. 

Tasks include:  

• Corresponding regularly with staff and students via email and Teams 
• Undertaking research about best practice in the sector  
• Attending and contributing to meetings  
• Listening to and respecting the expertise of staff and other students, whilst also bringing your own expertise to collaborations  
• Confidently sharing your ideas and experiences  
• Using your creativity skills to suggest solutions to tricky problems  
• Approaching conversations with curiosity and open-mindedness  
• Sharing your work and progress with your peers  
• Due regard for diplomacy and confidentiality 
• No experience necessary, but students must be prepared to talk about their own experiences with other students and staff candidly and sensitively.  

You will be contracted to work for a total of 30 hours, which you will work flexibly across the academic year. Depending on the nature of the work, these hours may be expanded in consultation with you. Your time will be split between undertaking research, attending workstream meetings and supporting staff to improve current practice and with the development of new initiatives. The majority of your hours can be undertaken remotely, however you will need access to Microsoft Teams.  

You will be compensated at the Talent Bank rate (?13.92 + holiday pay).   

In your application, please provide answers to the following questions: 

What does successful, shared decision-making look like between staff and students? (max 150 words) 

What skills, qualities and attributes do students need to posses when working with staff in true partnership? (max 150 words) 

You will be scored and ranked based on your answers to these questions, and the highest scoring candidates will be offered roles. There are several jobs available, so you have a good chance of securing work! 

If successful, you will be invited to paid training on the evening of Wednesday 11th September, 5 - 7pm.  The session will be held online.  

Please only apply if you are available on the above day and time and are a CURRENT BDS, DTH or PGT student in FoDOCS.  Applications for this role will close at 23.59 on Tuesday 20th August 2024 .  

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Taylor, Student Experience Manager: maddison.taylor@kcl.ac.uk 

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Organise digital slides and create aducational material

no qualification is required

some knowledge of histology

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous type of breast cancer lacking estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epithelial growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression. The high heterogeneity of TNBC has been widely suggested as the reason for poor responses to targeted therapies. While changes in the coding and regulatory genome have been studied in detail, how 40% of the genome comprising the retrotransposable elements (REs) might impact the biology of TNBC is unknown. The aberrant activation of REs and their contribution to oncogenesis of solid tumours have been recently investigated. However, studying the oncogenic and immunogenic roles of REs in TNBC is lagging mainly because of the heterogeneity of this disorder. 

Our central hypothesis is that ectopic transcriptional activation of REs in different subtypes of TNBC leads to significant changes in expression of specific genes, a subset of which may play a direct role in tumorigenesis of this malignancy. To address this hypothesis, We need to functionally validate predicted oncogenic and immunogenic REs through the specific aims:

1) Validation of prioritized oncogenic RE-derived chimeric transcripts 

2) Immunopeptidome validation of high-affinity scoring RE peptides

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MSc

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous type of breast cancer lacking estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epithelial growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression. The high heterogeneity of TNBC has been widely suggested as the reason for poor responses to targeted therapies. While changes in the coding and regulatory genome have been studied in detail, how 40% of the genome comprising the retrotransposable elements (REs) might impact the biology of TNBC is unknown. The aberrant activation of REs and their contribution to oncogenesis of solid tumours have been recently investigated. However, studying the oncogenic and immunogenic roles of REs in TNBC is lagging mainly because of the heterogeneity of this disorder. 

Our central hypothesis is that ectopic transcriptional activation of REs in different subtypes of TNBC leads to significant changes in expression of specific genes, a subset of which may play a direct role in tumorigenesis of this malignancy. To address this hypothesis, We need to functionally validate predicted oncogenic and immunogenic REs through the specific aims:

1) Validation of prioritized oncogenic RE-derived chimeric transcripts 

2) Immunopeptidome validation of high-affinity scoring RE peptides