| Location: | Edinburgh |
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| Salary: | £34,610 to £39,906 per annum (Grade 6) |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 10th March 2026 |
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| Closes: | 3rd April 2026 |
| Job Ref: | 13756 |
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 2 years
The Opportunity:
Where passion meets purpose. Be part of something bigger.
We’re looking for a curious, motivated, and hands-on Research Assistant to join our Translational Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) Research Group. If you’re excited by brain research, enjoy working in a collaborative lab environment, and want to contribute to research that really matters, this could be a great fit.
As a Research Assistant in our team, you’ll play a key role in helping us understand how CAA affects brain health. You’ll work closely with postdocs, PhD students, and other lab members, supporting a wide range of experiments and day-to-day research activity. Your work will directly contribute to ongoing projects in vascular dementia research. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team but are also happy managing your own workload and daily organisation. You’re practical, detail-oriented, and keen to learn, with a genuine interest in brain health and translational research.
People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
If you’re passionate about research and want to contribute to work that advances our understanding of vascular dementia, we’d love to hear from you.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and based in a lab setting.
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