Research Assistant

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06 - £31,396 - £36,024**

**CMVM - HGU**

**Fixed Term 2 years**

**Full Time
**Investigating genes that cause primordial dwarfism: Insights into genome integrity and DNA replication**

A research assistant is sought for a post in the laboratory of Professor Andrew Jackson. The successful applicant will work on projects investigating disease mechanisms of extreme growth disorders associated with genome instability and DNA replication.

**The Opportunity**:
As a lab, we identify genes and investigate the biological processes that cause primordial dwarfism, a condition of extreme growth failure of the both brain and body. Such individuals are the 'smallest people in the world'. These disorders are due to fewer cells being made during development, leading to a smaller person. Identifying primordial dwarfism genes helps diagnose and manage these rare conditions and it also gives insights into how the body regulates growth, shedding light into why humans are bigger than mice and how our brains evolved.

The Jackson lab is a diverse, international and multidisciplinary group that combines genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology and model organisms to gain new insights into human disease and cell physiology. We have identified and characterised over 25 primordial dwarfism genes encoding fundamental components of DNA replication machinery, cell division and DNA repair signalling (eg. Nature Genetics 38:910; 38:917; 40:232; 43:23; 43:350, 43:356).

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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.

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**

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

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