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New Research Fellow vacancy at IoO

19 August 2020

An exciting project joint with the Francis Crick Institute to further develop a non-viral gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases.

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Job Details

The successful applicant will carry out a wide range of duties including mouse subretinal injections of non-viral gene therapy vectors, molecular and immune biology techniques, transcriptomics, dose-response experiments, histology, imaging, genotyping, and immunocytochemistry.

The position is funded for a period of 1 year in the first instance.

Key Requirements

We're looking for candidates with a PhD (essential), experience in the aforementioned techniques, and who are bright, independent and highly motivated but willing and able to work effectively as part of a collaborative team.

Additional skills may be required for testing in vivo models with functional tests, and training will be provided where necessary.

Further Details

Informal enquiries about the post are encouraged and may be made to Prof Mariya Moosaje (email: m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk). 

If you have any enquiries regarding the application process, please email the UCL HR team at: hr.ioo@ucl.ac.uk.

Closing Date

16 Sep 2020

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