Research Fellow

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Job Description:

UE07: £40,247.00 – £47,874.00 Per Annum.

CMVM / Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences / Deanery of Clinical Sciences.

Fixed Term Contract – Temporary.

Full Time – 35 Hours Per Week.

The Opportunity:

The post-holder will provide research support to a multidisciplinary MRC-funded research programme on the molecular mechanisms of pancreas lipotoxicity in type 2 diabetes (T2D).

To main purpose is contribute to the development of new ideas, approaches, concepts or techniques, to the overall direction and management of this research project, and to publishing or otherwise disseminating the outputs of the research.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

The salary for this post is £40,247 to £47,874 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Appropriate degree, with relevant post-graduate research experience and accumulated knowledge.
• A PhD or equivalent professional qualification and/or experience in the field of Molecular Biology or Biochemistry.
• Experience in cell culture (cells lines and primary cells).
• Knowledge and research experience with transgenic mouse models and mouse handling, along with experience with bioinformatic analysis of RNA-seq data.
• Experience with basic lab techniques i.e. PCR, ELISA, Western blot techniques and human tissues.

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Application Information

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– Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect: (Can be tailored)

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The (Company Name - Subscribers only) 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.

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Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 13 January 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

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 Cardiovascular Science (Head of Centre, Professor Andrew Baker) is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.

We are working with local, national and international partners and funders to develop solutions to our research challenges with regional and global impact.

Research in the CVS is investigator-led. CVS has 50 principal investigators leading research across four themes: Metabolism Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), Hypertension & Renal (HART), Cardio-metabolic Imaging (CINEMA), and Coronary & Valvular Heart Disease.

The technologies employed within CVS span basic molecular and cell biology, to model organisms (flies, fish, rodents), to clinical trials. The ethos in the CVS is that, whatever their background, investigators can use our network of collaboration and training to deliver fundamental discoveries and implement them in translational research.

CVS hosts two British Heart Foundation research centres: the Centre of Research Excellence (REA3) and the Centre for Vascular Regeneration (CVR).

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