Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company

University College London

Job description

About us The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.About the role We are seeking to appoint a highly enthusiastic postdoctoral research fellow to join a large national programme on establishing a UK platform for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for rare disease (UPNAT Node), supported by the UKRI MRC and NIHR. The role offers the appointed individual a unique opportunity to develop a strategic framework to identify rare disease-associated variants amendable to NATs. The research fellow will be mentored by a diverse range of expert researchers, clinician scientists and bioinformaticians, alongside benefiting part of a rich collaborative network. The research fellow will also get the opportunity to develop pre-clinical NAT targets using a broad range of molecular and cell biology-based approaches. The postdoctoral research fellow will be responsible for conducting experiments on executing genetic data analysis with investigators and databases associated with UPNAT, and testing NATs designed for the targets selected by the Target Selection Working Group in the Node.
The post will be allocated in the Zhou lab at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSICH), full time for 2 years with possibility of extension.About you It is essential that applicants hold a PhD degree in biomedical sciences or closely related areas. Strong knowledge and skillset in bioinformatics and preclinical RNA therapy drug development (ASO, siRNA, mRNA) are highly desired. Excellent communication skills as well as a proven track record of publishing work in a related field are also expected from the applicants.What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on ich.hr@ucl.ac.uk quoting job referenceAvailable documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:34:55 GMT

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