Senior Research Assistant

Grade UE06: £29,619 - £34,308 per annum

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences / Institute of Genetics and Cancer

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: 3 years from April 2023 (later start date can be considered)

We are looking for a senior research assistant to contribute to ongoing projects and the management of our laboratory space.

The Opportunity:

The Wilkinson laboratory seeks a senior research assistant. This Cancer Research UK-funded post is available for a term of three years.

Selective autophagy is emerging as a fundamental pathway in maintenance of cellular health. Our laboratory probes the fundamental links between this pathway and cancer progression. Techniques used by the laboratory include both traditional and organoid cell culture, CRISR/Cas9, omic methods and standard molecular biology techniques, coupled with analysis of tissues from murine models of cancer.

We currently seek a senior research assistant to provide vital research support to our work in this area. Specifically, the successful applicant will split their time between day-to-day running of the laboratory and working alongside postdoctoral researchers and PhD students to perform lab-bench based experiments. These experiments will contribute to our ongoing research projects.

Overall, the work will contribute to a larger, high-quality program of research designed to address the mechanisms and functions of autophagy, hosted within a dynamic laboratory at the forefront of this field.

www.ed.ac.uk/cancer-centre/research/wilkinson-group

Informal enquiries can be directed to Simon Wilkinson, s.wilkinson@ed.ac.uk

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proficiency with some basic molecular biology lab techniques
• Organisational ability
• Eye for detail
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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