Undergraduate Industrial Trainee

Undergraduate Industrial Trainee

About us

The Department of Neuromuscular Diseases hosts a number of important Research Centres, including the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, the UCL QS MND Centre as well as the Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery Institute (ARUK UCL DDI).

The goal of the ARUK UCL DDI is to find new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. It is fully equipped and staffed for drug discovery, from neuroscience target validation through to screening and pharmacology, and medicinal chemistry.

About the role

We have an exciting prospect for an Industrial Trainee to join the ARUK UCL DDI during the industrial trainee year of an undergraduate degree course in a Biological Science.

You will have the opportunity to use a variety of techniques, including but not limited to neural and glial cell culture model systems; coupled with molecular, cellular, imaging methods, and siRNA gene expression manipulation. You will learn some key molecular and cellular biology techniques necessary for laboratory neuroscience research, in which you will be expected to become competent. You will use these skills to enable you to carry out a research project, the topic of which is relevant to one of the key drug discovery projects of the ARUK UCL DDI. The topic of the project will be defined after the applicant is appointed.

The post is available from September 2024 and funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) for one year.

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team (ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk).

For a full job description, for informal enquiries about the role please contact David Chambers (david.chambers@ucl.ac.uk).

To apply for this role please send your CV with a covering letter to David Chambers (david.chambers@ucl.ac.uk).

About you

You will be reading a degree in a Biological Science with the opportunity to have an industrial trainee year starting in September 2024. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to work co-operatively in a multidisciplinary setting are essential.

What we offer

You will be paid the London Living Wage rate, which is currently set at £11.95 per hour.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As 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. 12% of Institute staff are actively working on EDI initiatives; visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/equality-diversity-inclusion for more information about what we’re doing. 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, disabled people, LGBTQI+ and gender diverse people in all roles, and women in Grade 9 and 10 roles.

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