Research Assistant - Laboratory

About us

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learni ng programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

This very exciting opportunity for a laboratory scientist has arisen within the Wedderburn lab at UCL GOS ICH. Working with Post-Doctoral Research Associates, bioinformaticians and the clinical team this post holder will support pathogenesis and precision medicine studies of Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM), Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), and its associated eye-inflammation, JIA uveitis (JIA-U). The role will involve sample handling processing and biobanking, cell culture, flow cytometry, and handling of different of data (flow, RNAseq data, clinical data), as well as some laboratory support duties. The post holder will also attend and support clinics held at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, to obtain study samples and data. This post is available f or 18 months and salary range for this post is £37,332 - £37,982 pa. Work type -on site (>90%).

About you

The post holder should hold an honours degree or above in a biomedical or related subject. They will have experience working in a laboratory, and have experience of processing and storage of human immunological samples, multi-colour flow cytometric analysis and/or cell culture. The individual will be highly motivated to succeed in research, have excellent time management, organizational and communication skills, be prepared to work to tight deadlines and in an independent manner. They will need the ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team at UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and with our collaborating partners

What we offer

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 divers ity 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; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on quoting job reference

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