Research Assistant

Research Assistant

We are seeking a candidate with hands-on experience in techniques utilized in molecular and systems neuroscience. The successful candidate will provide technical support to multidisciplinary research projects, including laboratory and mouse colony maintenance, and contribute to experimental studies investigating molecular and circuit-level mechanisms underlying brain function and behaviour.

You will hold a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences or Biotechnology, with a minimum of 1-year relevant postgraduate experience or equivalent to a master's/integrated degree. It is essential that you have knowledge and practical experience in vivo animal experiments, including tissue harvesting and processing, and in next-generation sequencing workflows. You must also have background knowledge of electrophysiology or neuronal subtype diversity.

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work. 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
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

  As London's Global University, we know that diversity and inclusion are fundamental drivers of creativity, innovation, and excellence, 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, thrive, and reach our full potential. 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; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.