Ref Number
B02-11095
Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support
Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£36,433-£42,891
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Type
On site
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
01-Sept-2026
The Division of Biosciences at UCL is one of the world's foremost centres for research and teaching in the biological sciences. We have an outstanding international reputation and a community of over 500 staff and more than 300 PhD students engaged in cutting edge research and collaboration. Further information can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences
The key missions of the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology (NPP) are to conduct world-leading and internationally ranked research (UCL is ranked 1st in Europe and 2nd in the world for Neuroscience, and 3rd in the world for pharmacology) and deliver excellent teaching, including delivering the Neuroscience portion of the UCL undergraduate medical degree (ranked 6th in the world). The Department is internationally renowned for its fundamental research that incorporates cellular, molecular and systems-based studies of neurotransmitter receptors and ion channels, neurophysiology, neural networks, and associated signalling pathways. The Department embodies a rich research environment providing access to cutting edge techniques in all aspects of electrophysiology, cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry and imaging. The Department has many interdisciplinary collaborative interactions, and affiliated staff, across the broad neuroscience research domain at UCL including close links to the Sainsbury-Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour and the Francis Crick Institute.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the research team of Dr Hermany Munguba (https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/102455-hermany-munguba). Our research aims at characterising psychiatry-relevant cortical circuits to delineate key components mediating mood-related symptoms (e.g. cell types, presynaptic inputs), to ultimately find circuit-enriched receptors that can be targeted to modulate such symptoms.
We are seeking a candidate with hands-on experience in techniques utilized in molecular and systems neuroscience. The successful candidate will provide technical support to multidisciplinary research projects, including laboratory and mouse colony maintenance, and contribute to experimental studies investigating molecular and circuit-level mechanisms underlying brain function and behaviour.
- Interviews will be scheduled provisionally in the week commencing September 21st.
- This role is an open-ended contract for 1 year in the first instance.
- Due to the nature of this role, it is full-time on site.
- This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. For more information, please visit
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies/2021/jun/conditions-service-academic-staff .
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
As part of the application process kindly submit a supporting statement of a maximum of 250 words outlining your research experience in next-generation sequencing workflows and in vivo animal experiments.
If you have any queries about the role, please contact Hermany Munguba at [email protected]. If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the Faculty HR team on [email protected]
You will hold a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences or Biotechnology, with a minimum of 1-year relevant postgraduate experience or equivalent to a master’s/integrated degree. It is essential that you have knowledge and practical experience in vivo animal experiments, including tissue harvesting and processing, and in next-generation sequencing workflows. You must also have background knowledge of electrophysiology or neuronal subtype diversity.
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies-advice/ways-working to find out more.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
As London’s Global University, we know that diversity and inclusion are fundamental drivers of creativity, innovation, and excellence, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong, thrive, and reach our full potential. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women’.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/.
