Research Fellow - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

UE07 £36,333 - £43,155 Per Annum

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Edinburgh Medical School / Deanery of Biomedical Sciences / Centre for Discovery Brain sciences

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Fixed-Term, 1 year in first instance with possibility of extension.

The Opportunity:

The focus of the lab is understanding the roles of astrocytes on the blood-brain barrier under physiological and pathological conditions.

We are set to identify astrocyte - brain endothelial cell communication mechanisms that are important for proper blood-brain barrier function and relevant to cognitive decline.

Human tissue, mice, and a wide variety of techniques, e.g.

gene editing, proteomics, transcriptomics, in vivo and ex vivo imaging, and electrophysiology, will be used to tackle our research questions.

The purpose of the post holder will be to contribute to the development of this programme by sharing ideas, performing high quality original research, and producing material for publication and dissemination.**
Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD degree, or close to the end of it
Capacity to work and collaborate with other people
Ability to communicate complex information clearly
Effective organization skills
Problem solving skills

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

Moreover, The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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