Assistant or Associate Professor in Mammalian Neuroscience (110565-0625)

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof Miriam Gifford (Head of School) Miriam.gifford@warwick.ac.uk Prof Mark Wall (NeuroCluster Lead Prof) mark.wall@warwick.ac.uk Prof Bruno Frenguelli (BSc Neuroscience Course Director) b.g.frenguelli@warwick.ac.uk

The School of Life Sciences (SLS) wishes to appoint an excellent and ambitious principal investigator working in experimental mammalian neuroscience to join our existing Neuroscience Research Cluster based in the purpose-built £54m Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB).

The Neuroscience Research Cluster has strengths in these areas and is seeking a colleague with an independent research program capable of integrating with the existing research-active staff. You will benefit from the provision of high-quality research administrative support and research infrastructure within the School of Life Sciences and the IBRB, and also via the University of Warwick’s flagship Research Technology Platforms, which includes advanced bioimaging, proteomics and mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics. In addition, you will be positioned to attract PhD students from the several large Doctoral Training Programs at Warwick that recruit students with interests in neuroscience. In addition to developing your research profile, you will be expected to contribute to and develop various undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs, in particular the BSc/MBio in Neuroscience, in areas that reflect your research expertise and interests.

About You  

Candidates with a strong track record in mammalian neuroscience are welcome to apply but particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to, neurodegeneration & brain injury; stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions; control of neural circuits, epilepsy and pain.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About the Department  

We believe that collegiality, openness, inclusivity and diversity are essential for an excellent research and teaching environment. Our workplace ethic has enabled us to gain the Athena SWAN Silver award. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all groups with protected characteristics traditionally under-represented in STEM fields. As part of our ongoing commitment to addressing gender equality under the Athena Swan chartermark, we would particularly encourage and welcome applications from female academics.

For those eligible, the University offers relocation and Immigration Support Scheme packages to assist with costs of relocating and any associated visa applications and HIS (health) surcharge fees.

School of Life Sciences

For further information about the School of Life Sciences please see our website at

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.