Research Assistant

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. Th e Institute offers world-class education and 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

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Research Assistant to take part in a research project investigating human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSCs) derived neuronal models of a childhood-onset movement disorder. Their main duties would involve the differentiation and maintenance of hiPSC-derived neurons, as well as the elucidation of disease mechanisms with standard laboratory techniques (qRT-PCR, WES, confocal microscopy).

About you

You are an enthusiastic researcher passionate about advancing disease modelling for childhood neurological disorders. You thrive in collaborative team environments, working effectively with colleagues to achiev e shared goals. At the same time, you bring your own innovative ideas to the table, contributing to the project’s success and enhancing its outcomes. You are motivated to further develop your scientific career and are eager to grow within a dynamic and impactful research setting.

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and f or our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on ich.hr@ucl.ac.uk quoting job reference B02-08592.

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