Research Technician

About us

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

An opportunity has become available to join the UCL component of the Department of Defense project as a Research Technician. The appointee will provide technical support to the team and will have the opportunity to be trained in new research techniques. The appointee will be integrated into the preclinical team run by Professor John Anderson in the Zayed Centre at the Institute of Child Health focused on development of CAR-T therapeutics for paediatric cancers. There will be close working with collaboration partners. Flexibility in working hours will be required to accommodate weekend or out of hours tasks if required. The appointee will join a team in the Zayed Centre for research in rare disease in childhood which is a new research facility in the UCL Institute of Child Health. Five Principal Investigators share research space. The appointment is for 1 year in the first instance but with expectation of further funding becoming available for extension. The appointee will fall under the overall line management of Professor John Anderson.

About you

Team working, aptitude and excellent record-keeping and communication skills will be essential. Responsibilities will include the analysis of samples from experimental therapeutics studies using techniques such as flow cytometry (training available), routine maintenance of cells in culture (primary cells and cell lines), and hands on work in mouse based in vivo studies of cancer models. Please check JD/Person Specification for detailed information.

What we offer

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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. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a pla ce where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ 

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