Research Assistant

About us

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Jury Lab within the newly formed Department for Aging, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine at UCL.

The Jury lab has wide expertise investigating the immune and metabolic defects underpinning the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. In recent years this research has focused on identifying patient subgroups using in depth molecular and clinical characterisation and machine learning analysis to stratify patients for optimal therapeutic approaches. This post will form part of a new multidisciplinary team investigating the pathogenesis of hyperinflammation in patients with the very rare condition Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

About the role

The main purpose of this position is to manage the first UK HLH biobank as part of a new MRC-funded rare disease node (HistioNode) lead by Newcastle University, this will involve processing patient samples from HistioNode partners and managing the project database. You will perform experiments to analyse the immune and molecular phenotype of patients with sHLH compared to disease and healthy control samples using biological samples collected as part of the study.

In this role, you will become part of wider and multidisciplinary team, comprising of Clinician Scientists, Research Nurses, Senior Post Doctoral Research Fellows and PhD students, where you may have the opportunity to develop a future PhD proposal.

This role is an open-ended contract with a funding end date of 31/05/2027 in the first instance and is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 80% on site.

About you

This role would suit an enthusiastic researcher who has recently achieved MSc in immunology, or a biomedical science subject and would have some previous research experience working in a laboratory.

You must have experience with multiparameter flow cytometry and isolation and storage of human blood samples and can demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.

What we offer

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
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, 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.

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; LGBTQI+ people.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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