Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usThe UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the Divisions located within the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) and is one of five areas that constitute the Faculty, the others being Biosciences, the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL, the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neurocircuits and Behaviour and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.The Faculty has been associated with nine Nobel Laureates and continues to build on its existing strengths in cell and developmental biology, evolutionary and population genetics, cellular and circuits neuroscience, and structural and molecular biology.The merger with the School of Pharmacy in 2012 provided new opportunities in drug discovery; additionally the Faculty hosts joint appointments with the Francis Crick Institute. More information can be found on our websiteThe Division is one of the UK’s leading centres of pharmacy education and research it enjoys a lively and stimulating academic environment in which teachers, researchers, professionals and students interact. All are connected by an interest in medicines – how they work, how they are made and how they are used by people to prevent and treat disease. Research focuses on advancing and understanding medicines and health care, and in creating new medicines.We are particularly proud of our consistently high scores in research assessment exercises. The UCL School of Pharmacy has been ranked 4th in the QS Rankings (Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2023) as well as 3rd in the Shanghai Ranking (Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, 2022).About the roleApplications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellow to join the Shah laboratory ( ) at UCL School of Pharmacy. This is a new exciting role funded by industry to investigate further the pharmacology of muscarinic receptors located in soma and axons of adult hippocampal neurons. The successful candidate will use electrophysiological recordings and/or advanced imaging techniques to investigate the effects of various muscarinic receptor modulators on adult hippocampal neurons. Additional methodologies that will be employed include in vivo stereotaxic injections to manipulate protein expression in selective adult neuronal populations. Further, the successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to work with industrial collaborators as part of this multi-disciplinary project. For more information about this role, please contact Professor Mala Shah ( ).The successful candidate will be appointed at Grade 7. This is dependent upon being awarded a Ph.D. If this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B with payment at Grade 7 backdated to the date of the award of the Ph.D.This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship under UK visas and immigration legislation.About youThe successful candidate should have or will shortly obtain a Ph.D. in neuroscience or related subject.We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with a good understanding of neuronal receptor, intrinsic (ion channel) and synaptic physiology to join our laboratory.Experience in making electrophysiological patch-clamp recordings from neurons present in adult brain sections, performing in vivo stereotaxic injections and a good publication track record would be highly advantageous.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs 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.

• Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 02:58:09 GMT

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