Research Associate

4 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, communicative critical thinkers to undertake two programmes of work funded by The Medical Research Council (36 months) and British Heart Foundation (24 months). Both studie will evaluate repurposing of commonly used drugs as antiarrhythmic agents. The post holders will be responsible for overseeing and conducting a range of in vivo and in vitro experiments including in vivo electrophysiology, single cell patch clamping, telemetry, dosing studies and whole heart optical voltage and calcium imaging.

The projects will explore arrhythmia mechanisms and evaluate novel classes of drugs for their antiarrhythmic efficacy in preclinical models.

The projects require a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative mindset and a proven ability to work effectively across different disciplines and between directorates. Due to the nature of the work, there may be a requirement to work outside of normal office hours as part of the delivery of this programme of work

**What you will get in return**:

- Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
- Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
- Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
- Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

Our University is positive about flexible working - you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

**Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews**:
**Name**:Andrew Trafford

**General enquiries**:
**Technical support**:
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.


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