Job Description

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Grade - UE06: \xc2\xa331,396.00 - \xc2\xa336,024.00 Per Annum

CMVM/Edinburgh Medical School/Deanery of Biomedical Sciences/Centre for Discovery Brain sciences

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Contract Type - Fixed-Term, 12 months in first instance with possibility of extension.

We are looking for a motivated research assistant to support basic research into visual cortex computation in mice in the lab of Rebecca Jordan. This will involve undertaking fundamental laboratory tasks such as rodent colony management, solution preparation, histology, and surgery.

The Opportunity:

You will contribute to a programme of high-quality research combining in vivo optical, electrophysiological, and behavioural experiments to determine the mechanisms of sensorimotor learning and integration in the visual cortex. The candidate will support data collection for original research by contributing to rodent colony management, lab maintenance, and solution making. In addition, the candidate may assist with histology, surgical procedures for whole cell recordings in vivo, mouse behavioural training, and data analysis as appropriate. For further information on the role, please contact Rebecca via email at rjordan3@ed.ac.uk.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Undergraduate degree in Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, or another relevant subject area
• Applicants must hold or be willing to obtain a Home Office Personal Licence (PIL) for working with mice
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration and teamwork
• Effective organisation and record-keeping skills

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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 , staff discounts, , flexible working and much more. Access our for further information and use our 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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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow\'s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team:

The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine traces its origins back nearly 500 years (Darwin, Simpson and Conan-Doyle were students here) and is internationally renowned for its research and teaching. Professor David Argyle is the Head of College, the only conjoint Medical and Veterinary Medical School in the UK. The College employs over 3000 academic and support staff. The College has two Schools, the Edinburgh Medical School comprising three Deaneries; Biomedical Sciences; Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences and Clinical Sciences and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

The undergraduate medicine teaching programme in the College enjoys a high reputation nationally and internationally, with over 1,300 students enrolled on the MBChB and Intercalated courses and nearly 1000 on the Veterinary Sciences BVS and related programmes. In addition, approximately 2000 students are currently enrolled in the College\'s taught and research post-graduate courses, including an extensive range of online distance learning diplomas and degrees. They are trained by over 1000 outstanding academic staff.

The academic disciplines within Medicine are largely concentrated in the two teaching hospital campuses, the Royal Infirmary at BioQuarter and the Western General Hospital. Both have extensive new infrastructure with major research institutes and state of the art research facilities on clinical sites. Edinburgh hosts a number of prestigious MRC and BHF Research Centres. The approach is interdisciplinary, with basic and clinical researchers working together at the laboratory bench and in our clinical research facilities to address major themes in basic, clinical and translational medicine. The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies on the Easter Bush Campus houses outstanding teaching and clinical facilities as well as the splendid Roslin Institute, one of the world\'s leading veterinary research centres. The College offers outstanding opportunities to address \'One Health\' and Global Health problems of the highest international priority.

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results reaffirmed Edinburgh\'s position as one of the UK\'s leading research universities. Our College achieved outstanding results across four units of assessment (UoAs). Work was submitted from every eligible academic in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine: a total of 782 full time equivalent posts. This includes joint submissions from within the University of Edinburgh. Overall, results were excellent. The University of Edinburgh is fourth in the UK based on the quality and breadth of its research - known as research power - and is Scotland\'s top ranked institution, according to Times Higher Education\'s REF power ratings.

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