Research Laboratory Technician (Part-time)

at  Kings College London

Job id: 092669. Salary: £37,332 - £39,980 per annum pro rata, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 18 July 2024. Closing date: 01 August 2024.
Business unit: IoPPN. Department: Basic & Clinical Neuroscience.
Contact details: Amber Collingwood. amber.collingwood@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Denmark Hill Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
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About us
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding team, part of a new virtual UK MND Research Institute (UK MND RI) hosted by King’s College London, with a bold strategy to make a difference to patients’ lives by transforming translational research in motor neuron disease (MND) in the UK. The UK MND RI recently launched an ambitious strategy to accelerate the search for a cure for MND by targeted co-funding from government, charities and industry.
About the role
The King’s MND Biobank, based at the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, which received ethical approval in 2020 with the aim to build a central resource of samples and data from people with MND and healthy controls. The biobank acts as a resource to share samples and data with researchers and collaborators to help better understand why MND develops and how we can provide better treatment for patients.
The role is based in the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Denmark Hill campus which is involved in researching neurological disease including ALS/MND. The research spans investigation of the causes of disease and the translation of therapeutic discoveries into treatments. We work closely with staff at King’s College Hospital and the UK MND RI to ensure the Biobank delivers useful outcomes to the patient community. In this role, you will have responsibility for supporting the MND Biobank and biomarker development efforts for a UK-wide biosampling infrastructure.
This is a part-time post (0.7 fte / 24.5 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 12 months.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. BSc in biomedical sciences or a health-related subject
2. Knowledge of the regulatory and governance requirements for clinical research and human tissue
3. Working knowledge of laboratory Health & Safety including risk assessment and COSHH
4. Experience managing biological sample collections
5. Proven experience in a molecular genetics laboratory
6. Experience in molecular biological techniques including DNA extraction, genotyping, PCR techniques and Sanger sequencing, PBMCs
7. Experience of the research environment in a UK higher education setting
8. Excellent record keeping skills
Desirable criteria
1. Expertise with laboratory and sample tracking software and databases (e.g. Open Specimen, FluidX, RedCAP)
2. Experience of the research environment in a UK higher education setting
3. Knowledge of Motor Neuron Disease or neurodegenerative diseases
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