Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Edinburgh – Bio-Quarter (Royal Infirmary), Midlothian, United Kingdom     ·     Full time

Job Identification: 2827

Job Category: Academic

Locations:  The Chancellor’s Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, GB

Posting Date: 01/17/2022, 11:24 PM

Apply Before: 02/15/2022, 01:00 AM

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Health and Safety Requirements: Key hazards identified (plan is in place)

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Job Description

UE07 £34,304 – £40,927 per annum

CMVM / Deanery of Biomedical Sciences /Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences 

Full time 35 hours per week

Fixed-Term for 3 years 

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience with in-vivo two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, stereotaxic surgeries and animal behaviour to join the Opazo lab at the UK Dementia Research Institute. 

The Opportunity: 

To investigate the synaptic and neuronal compensatory mechanisms that may underlie cognitive reserve in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models using state-of-the-art in-vivo two photon imaging and optogenetics.  

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• A PhD (or near finish) in in the area of neuroscience, biophysics, biomedical engineering or other relevant scientific discipline.  
• Experience in in-vivo two-photon imaging microscopy, optogenetics, stereotaxic surgeries, animal behaviour and programming (Matlab). 
• Knowledge and background experience in synaptic biology and dementia in general. 
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing. 
• Capacity and willingness to work and collaborate with other people. 

Click here for a copy of the full job description. 

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. 
 

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 the 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 right to work webpages. 

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.  

About Us

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.

About the Team

The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences (CDBS has recently been created from the merger of three research centres within the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences; the Centre for Integrative Physiology, the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems and the Centre for Neuroregeneration.

Specific areas of research focus include:

• neuronal networks, neuroendocrine regulation and adaptive plasticity
• ion channel physiology, signalling pathways and vesicle trafficking
• developmental processes including gene regulatory networks and neuro developmental disorders
• neural development and its relationship to repair 
• cell death and survival 
• neuron-glia interactions 
• hippocampal function, memory storage and retrieval
• degeneration and dementia

For further information please visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/discovery-brain-sciences