"Post-doctoral Research Associate in Islet Science"

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine is an internationally renowned centre of excellence in biomedical sciences, situated in the heart of London. We undertake ground-breaking research, basic science to translational, to improve the wellbeing of our communities, and engage with organisations around the world to create real value for society. There are presently nearly 500 academic staff, nearly 800 research staff and over 700 professional services staff within the Faculty. We have over 7000 students pursuing an extensive range of undergraduate programmes (including medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, biosciences, biomedical engineering) as well as masters and PhD programmes. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine comprises a Centre for Education and six Schools:

• School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences
• School of Basic & Medical Biosciences
• School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences
• School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences
• School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences
• School of Life Course & Population Sciences

About the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

The School (Head, Professor Mauro Giacca) provides an outstanding multi-disciplinary environment for the pursuit of cutting-edge cardiovascular and metabolic research (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scmms). Our current research spans the fundamental molecular, cellular, and physiological processes that underly normal and abnormal cardiovascular and metabolic function and drive the translation of this strong basic science into advances in clinical practice. The School occupies facilities across the Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Denmark Hill campuses of King’s College London and comprises over 70 clinical and non-clinical academic groups, hosting 400 personnel and 110 PhD students. Clinical and pre-clinical researchers at King’s have access to a state-of-the art core facilities and expertise, including multimodality in vivo imaging, clinical research facilities, experimental medicine hub, high-throughput robotic screening, comprehensive 3 genomics /proteomics /metabolomics/single cell analyses, integrative invasive and non-invasive human physiology, comprehensive murine physiology and genetic modification, etc. There is an innovative clinical informatics platform integrated with large language models for the analyses of electronic health records across the King’s Health Partner NHS Trusts. Assisted by the close collaboration between clinical and academic colleagues and the outstanding infrastructure, all the building blocks are in place for the generation of novel advances with major clinical impact. The School hosts a range of training programmes including three PhD programmes in cardiovascular sciences and advanced therapies, an MSc in Cardiovascular Sciences and an iBSc in Cardiovascular Medicine. Multiple other doctoral training programmes are available across the Faculty. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scmms

Applications are invited for a 3-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate position working in the Salem lab at the Guys Campus of Kings College London. You will be reporting to Professor Victoria Salem, the RD Lawrence Chair in Diabetic Medicine, and the lab nestles in the wider Diabetes Research Group within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King’s College London. The Salem lab is a multidisciplinary effort spanning clinical diabetology, basic islet biology and bioengineering for cell-based cures for type 1 diabetes. At present we are focussed on: advanced organ on chip models of diabetes and its complications, in vivo microscopy, animal models to understand islet biology and material science as applied to scaffolds to support alternative transplant sites for beta cell replacement therapies including stem-cell derived beta cells.

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document.