Job Description

UE07: 41,064 pa - 48,822 per annum

CMVM / Deanery of Clinical Sciences / School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences

Full-time 35 hours per week

Fixed-Term to 30/11/2026

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with strong molecular biology expertise in the field of neuroscience to work in the Montagne lab at the UK Dementia Research Institute.

The Opportunity:

To work within a world-renowned research institute that is focused on understanding how all the different cell types in our brains work together to keep the brain healthy, how this goes wrong in dementia, and how this process can be slowed or stopped to alter disease progression. The Montagne lab will particularly focus on the brain vasculature with the aim to understand how vascular-immune dysfunction contribute to dementia.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD in biomedical sciences, neuroscience, bioinformatics, or similar. Strong knowledge and background experience in vascular & immune biology in a context of neurodegenerative disease. Strong molecular biology (e.g., current omics techniques) and imaging (e.g., confocal) skills. Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing. Capacity and willingness to work and collaborate with other people.

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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.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:

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


The closing date for applications is

26 November 2025.

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Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date.





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