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Research Assistant

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£33,114 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
8 Jun 2022

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Job Type
Research Related, Research Assistants / Officers
Hours
Full Time
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Purpose of the Post  

 

Dr Sarah Mizielinska is seeking to appoint an organised and enthusiastic research assistant to develop a novel drug screening system in collaboration with a pharmaceutical company partner. Dr Sarah Mizielinska’s group research nucleocytoplasmic transport dysfunction related to RNA-binding protein proteinopathies, sharing common focus on the two neurodegenerative diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This position will involve significant work in molecular biology, cell culture and microscopy.
 

You will join a research group based within the UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI) centre that is embedded within the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience at King’s College London (  www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/bcn/dri/lab-groups) within the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute on the Denmark Hill campus. The DRI is a national consortium focused on cutting-edge dementia research funded by the Medical Research Council, Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK (  www.ukdri.co.uk).   

 

This post will be offered on an a fixed-term contract to the 31st May 2023 with the possibility of a further extension. 

This is a full-time  post - 100% full time equivalent

 

Key responsibilities

  • Molecular biology, cell culture and microscopy techniques associated with the project   
  • Maintenance of cell and stem cell cultures  
  • Analysis, presentation, and communication of research findings 
  • Maintaining accurate laboratory records 
  • Manage the ordering of laboratory supplies  
  • Undertake any other reasonable duties requested by Dr Mizielinska 
  • May require flexibility for occasional weekend work (feeding stem cell cultures)

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

 

Essential criteria  

  1. BSc. In Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience or related biological programme
  2. Solid foundation knowledge in molecular and cellular biology 
  3. Experience in cell culture 
  4. Well-developed organisational and communication skills 
  5. Computer literate, able to use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and willing to learn new software 

Desirable criteria

  1. MSc. In Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or related field 
  2. Understanding genetics and methods of genetic engineering (CRISPR etc.) 
  3. Experience in microscopy 
  4. Experience in induced pluripotent stem cell culture and differentiation 
  5. Understanding and or/experience in CRISPR gene editing 
  6. Managing multiple tasks concurrently 

Further information

We actively support equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.  

 

About the Faculty 
  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx
 
About the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience: 
  http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/bcn/index.aspx
 
About the UK Dementia Research Institute at King’s College London:  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/bcn/dri 

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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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