Research Fellows
UCL Institute of Neurology - Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
- Location: London
- Salary: £35,328 to £42,701 UCL Grade 7 per annum (including London Allowance), superannuable
- Hours: Full Time Contract
- Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed
- Closes: 31st July 2019
An exciting opportunity has arisen for three post-doctoral Research Fellows to work on genomics in the epilepsies as part of a translational genomics programme under the supervision of Professor Sanjay Sisodiya. The appointees will be responsible for the application of genomic technologies in order to realise translation of personalised medicine for people with epilepsy.
The posts are based at the well-known Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy with translational research facilities and onsite laboratories. The main purpose of the posts is to advance understanding of the epilepsies through detailed clinical, investigational and genomic evaluation in a large cohort of people with well-characterised epilepsies. The post holders will be responsible for a range of activities, amongst which will be research on genomic, clinical and other data in epilepsy, and the provision of laboratory-based scientific support, and close collaboration in research projects aiming for clinical application across the group, and through collaborative external projects, such as with Genomics England Ltd (100,000 Genomes project) and other national and international initiatives. An important strand of the group’s research is to develop formal quantitative multimodal analyses, for example, as used in recent work (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/470518v1).
Applicants must hold a PhD in Genetics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Neurological Genetics or a closely related discipline and have experience in computational genomics and knowledge of pipelines for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data, and dealing with large genome-wide datasets. A research record in journals within the areas of Statistical and/or Population Genetics, including at least one first-author publication, is essential. General knowledge of neurology, epilepsy and/or genetics is desirable.
The posts are available from September 2019 and are funded by a grant from the Epilepsy Society for three years in the first instance. Starting salary on UCL Grade 7 which ranges from £35,328 to £42,701 per annum (including London Allowance), superannuable.
You should apply for this post through UCL's online recruitment – www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs where you can download a job description and person specification using ref: 1811167.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Miss E Bertram, HR Manager, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk). Informal inquiries can be made to Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (s.sisodiya@ucl.ac.uk)
Closing date for applications: 31st July 2019
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