Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position in the lab of Dr Robert Wykes within the Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy. The mission of the Department is to transform the lives of people living with epilepsy for the better by identifying, understanding and correcting or preventing the underlying mechanisms leading to the epilepsies and associated comorbidities in each individual person. Our vision is to build upon the excellence and breadth of our research, seamlessly integrating basic and clinical science. The main Departmental research themes are basic research in neurophysiology, imaging, neurogenetics, neuropharmacology and neuropathology, translational research using animal models of epilepsy, human tissue and in-vivo data from cohorts of patients with specific epilepsy syndromes, and clinical research centred on epidemiology, health service, comorbidities, genetics, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neuropathology, epilepsy surgery and clinical trials.
The post holder will be working on a project that involves implantation of novel grids of graphene-based transistor arrays to record and characterise seizure propagation and/or cortical spreading depression (CSD) in various rodent models of epilepsy and migraine. These devices will additionally be used to test whether certain pharmacological or gene therapy approaches can suppress seizures/CSD in these models.
Applicants must have an Honours degree (minimum 2:1) in Biomedical Science, Physics or a related discipline and a Higher Degree in Neuroscience, Physiology, Electrical Engineering or a related subject. Experience in electrophysiology is essential; experience of working with rodents, including rodent stereotaxic surgery and rodent models of neurological disease, of analysing neurophysiological data (EEG/ECoG/LFP) and of writing computer code (Python or Matlab), is desirable.
The post is available immediately and is funded by a grant from the European Commission for the period to March 2020 in the first instance. The post is graded as Grade 7 with starting salary in the range £35,328 to £42,701 per annum (including London Allowance).
You should apply for this post through UCL’s online recruitment website, www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs, where you can download a full job description and person specification using ref 1761574.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Oksana Shapoval, HR Officer, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (email: ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 1 December 2018
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HR Officer: ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk
