Research Fellow

About us

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people 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. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. 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 teachin g and life learning 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

A research fellow position, funded by MDUK is available within the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/research/developmental-biology-and-cancer/stem-cells-regenerative-medicine; ) commencing in October 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Patrizia Ferretti (https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/3962-patrizia-ferretti) and Dr Jenny Lange (https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/search?by=text&type=user&v=Jenny Lange ). The successful applicant will join a team of basic scientists working on rare diseases with a focus on skeletal and neural birth defects using patient-derived stem cells. The salary offered in this post is £42,099 - £43,205 per annum and is funded for 6 months in the first instance with a possibility of being extended for a further 18 months.

About you

Applicants must have a PhD (or submitted their thesis) and relevant laboratory experience. It is essential for the applicant to be very familiar with stem cells, advanced culture techniques and imaging. Experience in cell and development biology of skeletal and neural tissue and molecular/biochemical assays is highly desirable. Candidates must have the ability to efficiently organise their work, communicate effectively both orally and in writing and formulate new ideas.

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