Research Assistant in Ophthalmology

at  Kings College London

Job id: 095267. Salary: £37,332 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 18 September 2024. Closing date: 25 September 2024.
Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Ophthalmology.
Contact details: Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man. cynthia.yu-wai-man@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
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About Us
King’s College London is a renowned institution dedicated to excelling in research and education. The Section of Ophthalmology, located at the Guy’s Campus, features cutting-edge laboratories, ensuring a top-notch environment for both learning and research.
The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of five Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women’s Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.
About the role
This research will focus on a project aimed at testing new therapeutic drugs and targets in glaucoma. The post-holder will perform in vitro cell-based assays, such as contraction, gene expression and toxicity tests, and assist in animal in vivo studies. Responsibilities include teaching/supervision of other researchers and managing the lab (ordering, managing tissue samples and equipment, receipt and transfer of materials).
This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an fixed term contract until 31st January 2027.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• MSc in Biological Science or similar
• Research experience in cell culture and molecular biology
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Excellent communication and research dissemination skills
• Excellent time and resource management
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

Desirable criteria

• Research experience in glaucoma or fibrosis
• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Candidates are strongly encouraged to specifically address the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification in their covering letter.
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