Research Assistant

Employer: KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location: London (Greater) (GB)
Salary: £38,482 - £43,249 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Closing date: 4 Jun 2025

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Job Type: Research Related, Research Assistants / Officers
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Hours: Full Time

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The School of Neuroscience is UK’s 2nd largest Neuroscience school with over 500 researchers and 200 PhD students. It is one of three schools at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

CDN is one of four departments in the School of Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and is located at Guy’s campus. Researchers have access to support facilities in genotyping, molecular biology and Drosophila work. CDN has close partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC) and CDN researchers, together with clinical researchers from King’s, make up the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

About the role:

We are seeking a Research Assistant at the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, to join our multidisciplinary team investigating allele-specific gene expression in zebrafish as part of a BBSRC-funded project. In the first 9 months, the position is split between this research project and providing general organisational/technical support for the lab using zebrafish models. In the last 15 months, the position will be dedicated to this research project.

This post is an exciting opportunity to conduct research at the forefront of molecular genetics and imaging. Work will focus on with zebrafish (embryo injections, behavioural assessment in zebrafish, fish husbandry), genome editing (CRISPR/Cas), molecular biology (plasmid DNA preparation, PCR, in situ hybridization), and maintenance of databases. An important part of the work will be to perform (confocal) fluorescent imaging of zebrafish larvae and subsequent image analysis.

The post holder is expected to learn new techniques/skills on the job and training will be provided. There will also be extensive training opportunities available from King’s College London. Our Centre is a collegial environment that is committed to supporting the development and advancement of our staff.

This is a full time fixed term contract until 31/01/2026

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

MSc in Biological Sciences or equivalent degree
Practical experience in a research laboratory
Experience in zebrafish husbandry work
Experience in molecular biology methods
Experience in applying CRISPR technique
Knowledge of developmental neuroscience, or related area
Knowledge of zebrafish genetics
Good communication skills

Desirable criteria

Experience in microscopy
Experience in data/image analysis and statistics
Experience in coding (Python/Matlab/R)
Ability to work under reduced supervision

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Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Grade and Salary: £38,482 - £43,249 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Job ID: 115605
Close Date: 04-Jun-2025
Contact Person: Prof. Robert Hindges
Contact Details: robert.hindges@kcl.ac.uk

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King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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