Postgraduate Research Assistant

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: up to 36 months with satisfactory progress (not beyond 13 November 2029)

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The Opportunity: 

Our technical staff are essential to supporting research, and the smooth operation of our facilities. Whether you're maintaining cutting-edge lab equipment, facilitating ground-breaking research, developing new techniques, or enhancing student and staff experience with top-notch facilities, your work will have a lasting impact that stretches far beyond our academic community.

The Role

The complexity of the human brain makes understanding nervous system diseases challenging. Cultures of single human cell types and rodent models do not fully capture the complexity of human brain diseases in the way living human brain tissue does. Working with the group leaders in the UKRI Edinburgh Human Brain Cluster, and senior technicians, you will support the delivery of research, with focus on coordinating, preparing and maintaining the living human brain slice cultures. You will also provide day-to-day laboratory support, including preparation of solutions, collation of data, immunohistochemistry. 

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues 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 in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you. 

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Professional development and subject matter expertise
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Leading-edge research
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

 Apply Before: 05/08/2026, 23:59

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