Postdoctoral Research Fellow

3 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07: £37,099 - £44,263 per annum**

**College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, Centre for Inflammation Research**

**Full-Time 35 hours per week**

**Fixed Term for 12 months**

We are looking for Band 7 Postdoctoral Research Fellow to undertake a series of studies validating the in vivo safety and efficacy of a novel therapeutic intervention for fibrotic kidney disease.

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

**The Opportunity**:
This fellowship forms part of an ongoing research collaboration between the Ferenbach lab and a pharmaceutical company, based in the Institute for Regeneration and Repair - home to over 1000 research staff and students. Its focus is on the validation of a novel intervention designed to block progressive fibrosis in murine models of chronic kidney disease. The post holder will lead the validation of this compound using experimental models of kidney fibrosis well established in our laboratory, and subsequent histological and immunofluoscent staining, qPCR and imaging techniques to analyse the results obtained in vivo.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- PhD or equivalent (or will be shortly awarded a PhD) in biological sciences
- Experience of in vivo colony management and in vivo experimental work
- Experience of a several biological assays for determining mechanisms, e.g. several of; histology, light and/or fluorescent microscopy, absorbance assays, ELISA, flow cytometry, DNA/RNA extraction, qPCR

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

A work environment within IRR built on trust that encourages the very best talent from all backgrounds and at all levels to join us as a diverse team strengthens our ability to innovate and support the cutting-edge world leading research we aspire to. Supporting and empowering our teams at all levels is central to our approach.

We collaborate widely to advance understanding and knowledge as outlined in the University’s Strategy 2030. Employees and students are supported and empowered to build, shape and inform aspects of our culture across the institute in areas such as sustainability, mental health and wellbeing. We are ambitious, act with integrity and demonstrate commitment to progress and impact. We aim to achieve excellence in all that we do, always being principled, considerate and respectful.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

**Key notes for applicants**

We anticipate that interviews will be held within 2-3 weeks of the advert closing date.

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