Postdoctoral Research Associate

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: for 36 months

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our group at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and the Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR), The University of Edinburgh. The Rodrigo Albors lab is focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that explain differences in regenerative capacity. The post holder will be part of a Wellcome-funded research programme aiming to generate comprehensive single-cell omics data sets and perform cross-species functional analyses to gain deep mechanistic insight into why some animals can regenerate the spinal cord, but others cannot. In particular, this exciting project will compare the spinal cord response to injury in poorly regenerative lab mouse and the only known mammalian regenerator, the spiny mouse.

This is a unique opportunity to discover new biology and design new strategies to promote regeneration in otherwise non-regenerative species.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• A PhD (or PhD near completion) in a relevant field and ideally deep knowledge in regenerative biology, stem cell biology, neurobiology/neuroscience or similar.
• Experience in animal work including in vivo procedures.
• Experience in generation and analysis of single-cell data sets.
• Expertise in molecular biology.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Closing date: 01/04/2025 at 11:59 pm

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