Research Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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UE07 £35,333 - £42,155 per annum

CMVM/ Deanery of Clinical Sciences

Fixed Term; 6 Months

Full Time; 35hrs per week

We are looking for a highly talented researcher who will contribute to our continued achievement of excellence in research and have the opportunity to flourish in a high energy research environment.

The Opportunity:

Your skills and attributes for success:

A degree in cell biology, with relevant experience in maintaining and differentiating pluripotent stem cells in blood cell lineages.
Experience in flow cytometry
Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing
Expertise in relevant approaches and models, analytical techniques and methods

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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.

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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.

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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As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

The Deanery of Clinical Sciences (Head, Professor Hilary Critchley) has an international reputation in clinical based research through the combination of basic, clinical and translational science and epidemiological studies, and as a part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, offers unparalleled opportunities for ground-breaking interdisciplinary research in the bio-medical sciences.

The Deanery comprises 5 interdisciplinary

Research Centres:

the University of Edinburgh/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences (Director, Professor Andy Baker), the Centre for Inflammation Research (Director, Professor David Dockrell), the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Director, Professor Stuart Forbes), the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (Director, Professor Siddharthan Chandran), the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health (Co-Directors, Professor Richard Anderson and Professor Hilary Critchley); as well as the Edinburgh Imaging Facility (Director, Professor Dave Newby) the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (Director, Professor Dave Newby) and the Edinburgh Dental Institute (Director, Professor Angus Walls).

Clinical Sciences employs around 1000 members of academic and support staff and has over 550 Honorary members who contribute significantly to teaching and research.

The Deanery is a major contributor to the undergraduate MBChB curriculum and has approximately 1000 registered post graduate students studying a range of PhD, MD, taught and research MSc and on-line distance learning programmes.

The Deanery can be found at the Bioquarter Campus (Queen's Medical Research Institute, Chancellor's Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People), the Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, the Western General Hospital and the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

In the most recent UK Research Assessment Exercise, Medicine was ranked in the top 5 for the whole of the UK.