Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company

University College London

Job description

About us Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people 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. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. 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 A research fellow position is available to join Professor David Long’s kidney development and disease group. The researcher will work on a Wellcome Trust funded grant using gene therapy to improve vascularisation in animal models of polycystic kidney disease (PKD). To do this, the post-holder will (i) administer viral therapies locally to the kidney in a mouse model of PKD; (ii) assess disease progression using imaging technologies such as MRI and 3-dimensional whole-mount staining and (iii) identify molecular changes in the transcriptome following gene therapy using single-cell technologies to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying this treatment.The salary offered in this post is £43,124 – £45,372 per annum and is funded for 9 months in the first instance.About you The post-holder will hold a PhD or equivalent in a relevant biomedical subject.Experience of undertaking research in a biomedical setting, carrying out literature searches, critical appraisal of research papers, molecular/cellular research skills (tissue culture, FACS analysis, histology) is essential.Holding a UK Home Office personal licence and experience of performing animal studies is essential.Experience in either gene therapy, vascular, renal, or developmental biology would be desirable.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 (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insuranceOur 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/Available documents

Expected salary

£43124 – 45372 per year

Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:07:44 GMT

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