Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company

University College London

Job description

About us The successful candidate will join Prof. Daniel Stuckey’s Team and will be based at the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, Division of Medicine, in central London. Daniel is a British Heart Foundation Fellow and leads a diverse team of scientists who develop and applying novel multi-modality imaging approached for the investigation of heart disease and regenerative therapies. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/38869-daniel-stuckey/grants The Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging is a vibrant, supportive and multidisciplinary research Centre housing six research groups and tens of post-doctoral researchers and PhD students, making it the perfect environment for this research and for supporting the career development it all members. www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-advanced-biomedical-imaging/.About the role We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic research fellow to work on our British Council/British Heart Foundation sponsored research investigating multi-scale systems mapping of immune-vascular responses in diabetes. The successful candidate will join Prof. Daniel Stuckey’s team and will be based at the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), Division of Medicine, in central London www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-advanced-biomedical-imaging/. Diabetic related heart disease and neurological dysfunction causes significant mortality and is increasing year-on-year. Research from our lab, our collaborators and others has highlighted how in diabetes the interplay between inflammation, bone marrow vasculature and leukocyte mobilisation is integral in the development of disease in the heart and the brain. Here, we will apply longitudinal preclinical imaging techniques to gain systems’ insights of the complex origins of vascular inflammation, including vascular, hematopoietic stem cells and leukocyte crosstalk in bone marrow; inhibition of inflammatory pathways; and effects on cardiovascular and neurological function. Advanced biomedical imaging techniques will be applied to give serial information on disease ant therapy in vivo. These will include; intravital microscopy, whole organ photoacoustic tomography, whole-body bioluminescence imaging. Ultrasound, PET, SPECT, CT and MRI. This study will give us insights into diabetic disease progression, and these concepts could be translated as early disease markers in precision medicine. The postdoctoral research assistant will play a key role in this collaborative project by developing surgical, drug induced and genetic models of diabetes, heart disease and stroke which can be treated using novel therapeutics. Experience of preclinical cardiovascular models of disease and multimodal imaging technologies is essential.
This post is available until end of August 2026 in the first instance.About you The research fellow will develop surgical, drug induced and genetic models of diabetes, heart disease and stroke which can be treated using novel therapeutics. They will ustlise an array of in vivo imaging technologies including ultrasound, photoacoustic tomography, bioluminescence imaging. PET, SPECT, CT and MRI. Experience of preclinical cardiovascular models of disease and multimodal imaging technologies is essential. You should have a PhD in a scientific or medical discipline, experience with imaging, heart disease, diabetes and cell biology. Candidates are expected to have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work well in an interdisciplinary research team environment. It would be expected that the successful applicant will present data arising from this project at leading conferences and publish in high impact journals. This position offers an exciting opportunity to become part of our diverse team who are dedicated to try and treat heart disease and will allow the candidate to learn a wide range of skills that will be valuable for their future career.What we offer This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team working across the Division of Medicine. 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 Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.Available documents

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Location

North West London

Job date

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:49:31 GMT

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