Research Fellow

About us

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic postdoctoral research assistant to work on our British Heart Foundation sponsored project to investigate stem cell and biomaterial therapies for heart disease. The successful candidate will join Dr Daniel Stuckey’s team and will be based at the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI) in central London www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-advanced-biomedical-imaging/. This role is to cover maternity leave and is for a duration of at least 6 months.

About the role

The research fellow will play a key role in this collaborative project by developing biomaterial and stem cell therapies and generating surgical models of heart disease which can be treated using these novel therapeutics. Experience of synthesising and characterising biomaterials and testing them in small animal models of regenerative medicine would be advantageous. An exciting element of this project is the use of advanced and clinically relevant imaging methods to evaluate how effective the cell therapies have been. You will learn how to use these methods to image heart function and track the location of the grafted stem cells in vivo, allowing novel regenerative medicine approaches to be assessed.

About you

The applicant will lead on biomaterial synthesis, stem cell culture and transplantation into small animal models of heart disease. Therefore, experience with synthesis and characterisation of a range of biomaterials, and of small animal surgery or strong evidence for possessing the precision, dexterity and dedication required to learn complex surgical techniques is essential. You should have a degree in a scientific or medical discipline. Experience with imaging, heart disease, or stem cells is also desirable. It would be expected that the successful applicant will present data arising from this project at leading conferences and publish in high impact journals.

What we offer

This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team working across the Division of Medicine. 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 kn owdiversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community torepresent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality ofopportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we allbelong. We therefore particularly encourageapplications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’sworkforce. These include people from Black, Asian andethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silveraward, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancinggender equality.

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