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

We are looking for a researcher with experience in developmental biology and interest in the link between developmental biology, stem cells and cancer. The recruited scientist will work on a research programme focused on understanding the embryological defects underlying paediatric diffuse midline glioma (pDMG)). These are clinically aggressive, malignant tumours with an abysmal prognosis. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced postdoc to have an active role in leading a research programme aiming to unravel the early stages of pDMG development using a combination of approaches (e.g. in utero electroporation, mouse modelling, molecular approaches, 2D and 3D cell models). The salary offered in this post is £43,374 - £45,622 per annum and is funded for 3 years in the first instance (with a possible extension). More information on the lab research can be found at: https://rps.ucl.ac.uk/userprofile.html?uid=3970&em=false

About you

We are aiming to recruit a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher wishing to further their research career towards independence. The successful candidate must have: University degree (BSc/MSc/MRes) in relevant area of biosciences or medical sciences. Experience of conducting research in developmental biology, cancer, senescence or mouse genetics Proven experience of having worked with mouse models or being interested in cancer modelling in the mouse PhD (either awarded or awaiting viva examination after thesis submission)

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