Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Job title:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 per annum, pro rata if part time.Deanery of Clinical Sciences / Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceFull time: 35 hours per weekFixed Term: for 3 yearsThe Opportunity:This BHF-funded project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Edinburgh, and microscopy technology developers at University of Glasgow, to develop and exploit our teams’ innovative beating-heart microscopy techniques. These imaging technologies allow for long-term timelapse imaging at a subcellular level in the beating zebrafish heart, offering unique direct-imaging insights into cardiac development and disease. Your role in the project will be a unique opportunity to apply these novel capabilities to study cardiomyocyte proliferation, cytokinesis and cell patterning during normal development, and following interventions that model cardiomyopathy, heart failure and cardiac injury.This post is fixed-term for 3 years with full-time hours (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.The salary for this post is £40,247 to £47,874 per annum.Your skills and attributes for success:

• A PhD or equivalent professional qualification and/or experience in the field of zebrafish research
• Use of advanced laboratory imaging techniques to answer biological questions
• Previous experience working in cardiac cellular biology
• Strong planning and organising skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication

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• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab)On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 20 November 2024.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The Centre for Cardiovascular Science (Head of Centre, Professor Andrew Baker) is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.We are working with local, national and international partners and funders to develop solutions to our research challenges with regional and global impact.Research in the CVS is investigator-led. CVS has 50 principal investigators leading research across four themes: Metabolism Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), Hypertension & Renal (HART), Cardio-metabolic Imaging (CINEMA), and Coronary & Valvular Heart Disease.The technologies employed within CVS span basic molecular and cell biology, to model organisms (flies, fish, rodents), to clinical trials. The ethos in the CVS is that, whatever their background, investigators can use our network of collaboration and training to deliver fundamental discoveries and implement them in translational research.CVS hosts two British Heart Foundation research centres: the Centre of Research Excellence (REA3) and the Centre for Vascular Regeneration (CVR).To find out more, visit

Expected salary

£40247 – 47874 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:04:50 GMT

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