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. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. 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 YOU

Expertise in cell culture and manipulation, flow cytometry, cloning and functional assays. Experience in haematopoietic stem cell biology, immunology or gene editing Evidence of scientific output. Please check job description /person specification for detailed information.

Research Fellow x2 are required for projects developing the innovative gene therapies for rare inherited diseases. The postholder will support researchers developing novel therapeutic haematopoietic stem cell strategies including in vivo targeted delivery and gene editing techniques. The postholder is expected to have excellent team working, communication and supervision skills. The postholder will have significant experience of molecular biology techniques, cell culture and manipulation. Knowledge of haematopoietic stem cell biology, immunology or gene editing is essential. The post is funded by GOSHCC and will be appointed for 12m in the first instance with scope for extension.