Jobs
>
Cambridge

    Research Associate - Cambridge, United Kingdom - University of Cambridge

    Default job background
    Full time, Fixed-Term/Contract
    Description

    The Cardona Lab are pleased to invite applications for the position of Research Associate in the Experimental and Comparative Connectomics Laboratory. The primary purpose of the role is to support the research of Dr Albert Cardona, whose lab is interested in the neural circuit basis of behaviour. For details of recent projects in the lab, see . For a description of the lab's focus see

    The post holder will have a neuroscience background, with a PhD in neuroscience or a very closely related discipline. They will have experience with sample preparation for electron microscopy (EM), trimming resin blocks and mounting them for imaging in block-face and for serial sectioning and imaging with transmission EM, imaging at both electron microscopy and light-sheet laser-scanning microscopy, neuron reconstruction from electron microscopy, and analysis of neural activity imaging data.

    Fixed Term: the funds for this post are available until 31 December 2025.

    Informal enquiries about the position can be made to Dr Albert Cardona ).

    Apply

    To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the Apply button above.

    Please submit a CV and a covering letter detailing why you want to be part of this project and how this post will be a good stepping-stone for your career. We also need the contact details for two people who can provide a professional reference.

    The closing date for applications is 3 May 2024.

    Please quote reference PM41386 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

    The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. The Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience particularly encourages women and candidates from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background to apply for this vacancy.

    The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

    £36,024 to £44,263 per annnum



  • University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    We wish to recruit a Research Associate / Senior Research Associates in the Department of Engineering, to work on the EPSRC programme grant "Transforming networks - building an intelligent optical infrastructure (TRANSNET)". · Optical networks underpin the global digital communic ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, evaluation of food systems interventions (post months) · - Postdoctoral Research Associate, evaluation of food systems interventions (post months) · - Postdoctoral Research Associate, evaluation of food systems transformation (post months) · We se ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    4 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Applications are invited for a 36-month Research Associate position on The Prison Consensus Project, a research effort funded by the Leverhulme Trust. This post will be based at the Centre of Development Studies (CDS), a world-leading teaching and interdisciplinary research Centr ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Applications are invited to recruit a postdoctoral scientist to work with Professor Sam J Wilson in a friendly and dynamic research group that aims to understand the molecular details of why viruses can thrive in some situations but are unable to infect or replicate in others. Ke ...

  • Reed Scientific

    Research Associate

    2 days ago


    Reed Scientific Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Reed Scientific are currently recruiting for a research associate to join an internationally renowned Cambridge biotech. · Role: Research Associate · Location: Cambridge · Hours: Full-time, Monday - Friday · Contract: Permanent · **Salary**: Competitive · Essential Qualifications ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    20 hours ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Research Associate · - NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Organ Donation and Transplantation (fixed term) · We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated research associate to join our research team, led by Professor Michael Nicholson, in the University of Cambridge ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    2 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. · Applicants are invited for a PDRA position working on a collaborative project between Prof. Dominic Wright, Prof. Erwin Reisner and Prof. Jenny Zhang in the Chemistry Department in Cambridge. · ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on computational modelling of prosthetic heart valves with Dr Shelly Singh-Gryzbon in the department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. Funding is available for a ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    4 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 28 February 2026 in the first instance. · The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to develop an approach for detecting biomarkers that allow early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, provide a means to track disease progr ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 day ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 year. · We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the general area of mobile sensing, wearable for the ear, wearable sensing and sensing data machine learning to join the Mobile Systems Research Laboratory. · Start ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and based at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. · The Zernicka-Goetz Lab aims to uncover the fundamental princip ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    The Department of Psychiatry is looking for a committed and enthusiastic post-doctoral Research Associate in Health Economics to join the team. The applicant will undertake the statistical analysis of clinical trial data combining clinical mental health, HRQoL and costing across ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to better understand the role of cellular senescence as part of the lung tumour microenvironment and the interplay with ageing. The postdoc will be based in the laboratory of Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin, Group Leader in the Department ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    A Research Associate position is available for a highly talented and motivated individual to work in The Scott Polar Research Institute, reporting to Prof Marc Macias-Fauria. Prof Macias-Fauria's research group has broad interests in understanding the coupling between physical an ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    3 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    The Chung Lab at the University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology is seeking a Post-doctoral Research Associate to work on a research project focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying rapid translational responses that occur during host:bacterial interactions. This post ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    We are looking for an enthusiastic, inquisitive and skilled Research Associate to join the group of Dr Daniel Hodson at the Wellcome MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Haematology based in the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    2 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    The MRC Epidemiology Unit is seeking to appoint a Research Associate. · Alongside a competitive salary, University staff are eligible for a comprehensive package of benefits and services include discounts on shopping, health care, financial services and public transport. We also ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    1 week ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing research programme concerning children and young people's mental health; the ChARM group. The post-holder will work with Tamsin Ford to support the Green Paper Evaluation project and other CHARM projects as required. · The ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    3 days ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Applications are invited to recruit a talented and enthusiastic post-doctoral scientist to work on a Wellcome Trust funded project in the group of Prof Paul J Lehner FRS. Our group discovered the HUSH epigenetic transcriptional silencing complex, which silences newly integrated r ...

  • University of Cambridge

    Research Associate

    20 hours ago


    University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

    We are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral research associate to join our team at the CRUK Cambridge Institute (part of the University of Cambridge) to study genome organisation and regulation using deep learning approaches. This is an exciting opportunity to con ...