Location: | London |
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Salary: | £43,124 to £51,610 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 18th February 2025 |
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Closes: | 17th March 2025 |
Job Ref: | B02-08399 |
About us
The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health 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 an d training across a wide range of teaching 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 with experience in human cell engineering using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 and lentiviral transduction is required for projects developing the next generation of therapies for children with blood and immune disorders, including CAR T cells for leukaemia. There will be close working with university and hospital partners, and supervision of more junior staff. Team working, aptitude and excellent communication and record keeping skills will be essential. The postholder will have skills in molecular biology, gene editing and modification of T cells/haematopoietic stem cells. This is exciting opportunity in a rapidly emerging area of translational medicine. The post is funded by GOSHCC and will be appointed for 12m in the first instance with scope for extension.
About you
PhD in a relevant subject, expertise in human T cell and/or stem cell handling, culture, genome editing, flow cytometry, and functional assays. Experience in design and testing of genome editing tools and associated sequencing & bioinformatics.
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