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Research Technician

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Grade 4, £28,771 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance
Closing date
11 Dec 2019

Job Details

Stem cells are one of the fundamental underpinnings of tissue biology. They allow myriad tissues to be replenished by fresh cells throughout life. To preserve the regenerative capacity of the tissue, it is essential to maintain the number of stem cells. One mechanism that balances both tasks is asymmetric cell division (ACD). In ACD, each stem cell divides to generate one daughter with a stem-cell fate (self-renewal) and one daughter that differentiates.

Two Research Technician positions are available in Dr Habib’s laboratory to study the effect of localised Wnt signals on asymmetric stem cell division and tissue regeneration. This project requires someone with experience in stem cell research. Experience in tissue culture and florescence imaging is essential. Experience of growing embryonic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells in culture would be an advantage, but is not essential. For one of the positions experience in working with mice as an animal model would be an advantage. The candidates should hold a BSc or equivalent. MSc degree is desirable.  The technician will also be responsible for the maintenance of the tissue culture and the lab including placing orders for the lab. The experimental work will be carried out in King’s College London at Guy’s campus.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 12 months.

The selection process will include a panel interview and an assessment.

To apply, please register with the King’s College London application portal and complete your application online. 

In addition to your application, please submit your CV (maximum three sides of A4) and a covering letter.  In your covering letter (maximum one side of A4), please summarize your previous research experience(s) and explain why you are interested in our lab.

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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