Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Division: William Harvey Analysis Institute
Wage: £47,178 – £49,785 each year (Grade 5)
Reference: 1024
Location: Charterhouse Sq.
Date posted: 7 March 2024
Cut-off date: 4 April 2024

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Overview

Concerning the Function

Following a profitable analysis grant awarded by Barts Charity to analyze a novel genetic reason for childhood development failure, functions are invited for a put up of Postdoctoral Analysis Assistant throughout the William Harvey Analysis Institute at Bart’s and The London Medical Faculty, Queen Mary College of London (QMUL). The place is throughout the Centre for Endocrinology, primarily based on the Charterhouse Sq. Campus of QMUL within the coronary heart of the Metropolis of London.

About You

The put up holder will likely be embedded in a program of analysis with the intention of bettering the popularity, analysis, and therapy of youngsters with development issues. The principle obligation of this put up is to guide a challenge investigating a novel genetic reason for development failure recognized by our group. This contains purposeful validation of genetic variants utilizing leading edge molecular biology strategies and in vitro fashions of illness. Some bioinformatic information can be helpful. The post-holder will likely be inspired to formulate their very own scientific questions arising from the info generated inside this challenge and can work with clinician-scientists, bioinformaticians, geneticists and molecular scientists and cell biologists.

Concerning the Institute

The challenge will likely be undertaken within the Centre for Endocrinology throughout the William Harvey Analysis Institute (WHRI). The WHRI is throughout the College of Medication and Dentistry  at Queen Mary College of London and one of many largest multidisciplinary pharmacological institutes in Europe with over 530 clinicians and scientists from 45 nations. The WHRI conducts modern, world-leading analysis within the fields of cardiovascular, endocrine and irritation science. Our modern analysis atmosphere and shut collaboration with Barts Well being NHS Belief  and healthcare companions throughout East London. The Centre for Endocrinology is internationally recognised for genetic discovery and purposeful annotation in a spread of endocrine issues. A novel function of endocrinology analysis on the WHRI is the give attention to life-course penalties of endocrine and metabolic ailments from conception to old-age and their organic bases. Professor Storr’s group have in depth expertise within the medical evaluation, genetic evaluation and molecular characterisation of childhood development issues.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary College of London, we consider {that a} range of concepts helps us obtain the beforehand unthinkable.

All through our historical past, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives via tutorial excellence. And we proceed to dwell and breathe this spirit at the moment, not as a result of it’s merely ‘the best factor to do’ however for what it helps us obtain and the mental brilliance it delivers.

We proceed to embrace range of thought and opinion in the whole lot we do, within the perception that when views collide, disciplines work together, and views intersect, actually authentic thought takes type.

Advantages

We provide aggressive salaries, entry to a beneficiant pension scheme, 30 days’ depart each year (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket mortgage scheme and entry to a complete vary of non-public {and professional} improvement alternatives. As well as, we provide a spread of labor life steadiness and household pleasant, inclusive employment insurance policies, versatile working preparations, and campus services together with an on-site nursery on the Mile Finish campus.

Queen Mary’s dedication to our various and inclusive neighborhood is embedded in our appointments processes. Affordable changes will likely be made at every stage of the recruitment course of for any candidate with a incapacity. We’re open to contemplating functions from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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