Research Technician

About us

Our works aims to translate advances in the understanding of pathogens and the immune system into improved diagnosis and therapy. Dr McCoy's group uses flow cytometry, antibody cloning and viral neutralisation assays to understand immune responses during viral infection and vaccination. The post holder will be based at the state-of-the-art Institute of Infection, Immunity and Transplantation (IIT) at the UCL Royal Free campus, but travel to partner institution in the UK, Germany and The Netherlands will potentially be required. Work within the IIT aims to translate advances in the understanding of the immune system to improved therapies for patients. The Institute’s close links to the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust provides an excellent interface between science and medicine.

For more information about the IIT please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/immunity-transplantation/

For more information on the McCoy lab see: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/12020-laura-mccoy/about

About the role

A Research Technician position is available to investigate how pre-existing antibodies shape subsequent immune responses through antibody feedback, funded by the Wellcome Trust.

This project addresses a fundamental question in immunology: how do pre-existing antibodies shape subsequent immune responses to influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and Japanese Encephalitis vaccination? This will be assessed through serum immunodominance profiling, FACS-based single B cell cloning and functional antibody characterisation alongside high-throughput B cell receptor (BCR) sequencing.

The project brings together experimental and computational approaches across multiple international sites to define the rules governing antibody feedback in human immunity. Therefore, the successful candidate will work closely with the PI and the interdisciplinary team of co-PIs outside of UCL study antibody feedback across computational and in vitro modelling of germinal centre responses.

This is a fixed term position available for 1 year from July 2026.

About you

The postholder will provide technical research support essential to the functioning of the McCoy lab. Their overall supervision will be directed by Dr McCoy. They will assist/perform cutting-edge laboratory-based research interlinking components of the project. The successful candidate will perform binding and functional serology across multiple cohorts.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

Suitability will be assessed by the written application and then by a short-written test and an interview.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document.

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What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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