Research Assistant – One Health

Job title:

Analysis Assistant – One Well being

Firm

College of the Highlands and Islands

Job description

Institute of Well being Analysis and Innovation
The Institute of Well being Analysis and Innovation was constituted in February 2018. It’s embedded within the School of Science, Well being and the Atmosphere and focuses on the 2 broad themes of Biomedical Sciences and Rural Well being and Wellbeing.Well being analysis on the college has considerably grown since 2016, thanks to varied exterior sources of funding for tasks of European and worldwide scale. In 2021, 28% of our analysis was classed as world-leading, a considerable enhance over the 17% equal rating in 2014. The analysis themes are presently being strategically conjoined to type an interdisciplinary and cross-partnership One Well being strand.Biomedical Sciences @UHI
The marketed publish is related to our Biomedical Sciences crew primarily based on the model new, state-of-the-art Life Sciences Innovation Centre (LSIC) on Inverness Campus. The constructing is collectively owned by Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), with a concentrate on collaborations between new and growing firms located in HIE’s incubator area in LSIC and throughout the campus, and UHI Biomedical Sciences researchers. Our analysis is split into two disciplines, Genetics & Immunology, primarily based on the close by An Lochran constructing on Inverness Campus, and Medical Nanotechnology in LSIC. A burgeoning theme inside UHI is the idea of One Well being – the shut interplay of human well being with animal and environmental well being. Particularly, we’re excited about lowering use of antibiotics in hospitals and the group by lowering transmission of ailments by means of the usage of cutting-edge antimicrobial medical nanotechnology. As well as, we now have ongoing tasks to scale back pharmaceutical air pollution by means of novel hospital wastewater remedy.Biomedical Sciences groups even have a spread of tasks referring to melanoma, mesothelioma and canine cancers, in addition to a programme of research to determine the causes of schizophrenia. As well as, we now have a collaborative undertaking with a number of universities and corporations to design and check novel supplies to stop thrombosis and vasospasm related to medical gadgets, a Information Switch Partnership with an organization inside LSIC to develop new diagnostic checks, and a undertaking to develop a brand new remedy to scale back deaths related to drug overdose.Analysis Assistant
This publish supplies assist for doubtlessly any of the tasks indicated above, however most particularly to these referring to One Well being. As detailed within the Particular person Specification and Job Description, the publish requires a diligent particular person, cable of working to quick deadlines utilizing a variety of laboratory methods to assist a breadth of tasks with tutorial and business companions.This function requires a background in a scientific discipline related to biomedical sciences, and an understanding of the functioning and upkeep of a laboratory. There’s an expectation that the postholder could have primary laboratory expertise, comparable to making up options and drug concentrations and working business assays; expertise in tissue tradition and/or microbiology could be a bonus. In-house coaching in specialist methods (e.g. circulation cytometry, electrochemistry, platelet aggregometry, myography, HPLC) will probably be offered the place essential.£26,452 to £28,067 every year.

Anticipated wage

£26452 – 28067 per yr

Location

Inverness

Job date

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:46:09 GMT

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