Research Assistant x3 London, England
Job description
About us
The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, 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. 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
Research assistants will work in a group currently dedicated on developing gene therapy strategies for primary immunodeficiency and metabolic disorders. There is a number of on-going gene and cell therapy projects within the unit and significant experience of translation of pre-clinical work to clinical trial. In particular, the candidate will be involved in preclinical studies of gene editing strategies under the supervision of Dr Giorgia Santilli, Dr Alessia Cavazza, Dr Giandomenico Turchiano and Dr Adrian Thrasher. The candidate will also be involved in creating new technologies to detect genomic mutations following different gene editing approaches and track the DNA repair pathways. The salary for the post is £36,832 pa and these posts is available for 12 months.
About you
You are a dedicated scientist with experience in primary human cell culture, Next Generation Sequencing (Illumina and long read sequencing platform), basic and advanced molecular biology techniques such as DNA cloning, LM-PCR and ddPCR. You love scientific challenges and supporting the lab members in the common journey.
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 (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; 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/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on [email protected] quoting job reference
