Location: | Edinburgh, Hybrid/On-site |
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Salary: | £32,982 to £38,205 (Grade 6) |
Hours: | Full Time, Part Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 22nd August 2024 |
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Closes: | 4th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | 11095 |
Full-time- 35 hours hours per week
Fixed-term: 6 Years
The Opportunity:
The laboratory research technician will support a pioneering Wellcome-funded project to characterise the synaptome architecture of the mammalian brain. The job-holder will prepare mouse brain sections for fluorescent imaging of synaptic proteins by confocal microscopy, followed by image registration and brain region delineation, ready for downstream imaging data analysis and interpretation by the computational team. In doing so, they will help define fundamental design principles inherent in the building blocks of the brain on multiple scales, as a fundamental step towards unravelling brain complexity. This work forms a key component of the lab’s long-term research vision to advance understanding of the structural and functional diversity of synapses throughout the brain, how this architecture underlies core activities such as learning and memory, and is impacted by ageing, environment, lived experience and mutations that cause major neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and neurological disorders.
These posts are full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. These positions are 6 years fixed term.
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