Postdoctoral Research Associate

Full time - 35 hrs per week.

Fixed term contract until 31st March 2029

The Opportunity:

Molecular biology of Motor Neuron Disease. Where curiosity becomes impact.

An exciting opportunity is available to join the research group of Dr Chris Sibley as a post-doctoral research associate, and to dissect molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation and progression of motor neuron disease. Specifically, the candidate will work as part of a focussed team to determine the relevance of multiple identified targets of the TDP-43 protein in the early stages of disease biology and then develop corrective approaches to rescue appropriate disease biology in clinically relevant human stem cell models. This exciting research project will combine work with human induced pluripotent stem cell models, molecular biology methods (e.g. cloning, qPCR), functional genomics and bioinformatics workflows. The staff member will benefit from joining the vibrant networks of Edinburgh Neuroscience and the Euan MacDonald Centre.