"Early stage research fellowship with fully funded PhD (Mauri Lab)"

Ref Number

B02-08698

Professional Expertise

Research and Research Support

Department

School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

See advert text

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

On site

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

15-Jun-2025

About us

The Mauri lab is located in the state-of-the-art Pears Building with close links to the Royal Free Hospital. Our lab is interested in the identification, functional analysis, and the genetical characterisation of regulatory B cells (Bregs), a subset of B cells with immunosuppressive properties essential for maintaining immune homeostasis.

We work primarily in the context of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, Covid-19 vaccination, and cancer.

About the role

We are offering a fully funded PhD position in the Mauri lab (Claudia Mauri Profile | University College London) at the UCL Institute of Immunology and Transplantation (IIT), supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) UNION Network: Understanding frailty towards a future of healthy ageing. Based in London, a dynamic and multicultural city home to world-class research institutions, this position provides an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of cutting-edge research.

The position will begin in September 2025 and is available until September 2028 in the first instance.

About you

We are seeking one highly motivated early-career researcher with a background in immunology to investigate B cell metabolism across tissue microenvironments in age-related diseases, including cancer. The project will integrate wet lab experiments with computational analysis, such as R and Python, and includes two secondments in outstanding partner institutions.

Eligibility criteria:

• No doctoral degree at the time of recruitment.
• Researchers funded by Doctoral Networks can be of any nationality.
• Candidates should not have lived or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before their recruitment (country of main activity = not only where the fellow was physically based but also the country of the institution for which the main activity was performed e.g. for remote positions).
• Candidate must have 1 year of research experience minimum
• A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English (certified at B2 level or equivalent) is required

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document.

All applications must include a supporting statement, telling us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. Applications without a supporting statement will be rejected.

If you have any queries about the role or application process, technical issues, or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, please contact the staffing team at hr.ii@ucl.ac.uk.

Application Deadline: 15th June 2025 at 23:59

What we offer

Researchers are provided with a living allowance, a mobility allowance, and if applicable, a family allowance (if married and/or with responsibility for dependent children). Allowances include the cost of employment for UCL, employer National Insurance (NI) and pension contributions.

Fellows are paid a fixed salary during the fellowship with no annual increments and the current London Allowance, which qualifies for adjustments. There are 4 possible levels of basic salary ranging from £35,159 - £46,759 depending on whether the Fellow has dependents and if they opt out of the SAUL pension scheme. You can find out more about Pensions on the UCL HR website.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, 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. 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; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.