The complexity of the human brain makes understanding nervous system diseases challenging. Cultures of single human cell types and rodent models do not fully capture the complexity of human brain diseases in the way living human brain tissue does. Working with the group leaders in the UKRI Edinburgh Human Brain Cluster, your focus will be on the brain tumour work stream of the UKRI programme, working with Professor Brennan. Our aim is to enhance both living human brain tissue as a model of human brain tumour, and to deploy the model to understand tumour biology, in particular the effect of neuronal and other non-tumour cellular function on the tumour cell progression and treatment responsiveness.

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Professional development and subject matter expertise
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Leading-edge research
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

The complexity of the human brain makes understanding nervous system diseases challenging. Cultures of single human cell types and rodent models do not fully capture the complexity of human brain diseases in the way living human brain tissue does. Working with the group leaders in the UKRI Edinburgh Human Brain Cluster, your focus will be on the brain tumour work stream of the UKRI programme, working with Professor Brennan. Our aim is to enhance both living human brain tissue as a model of human brain tumour, and to deploy the model to understand tumour biology, in particular the effect of neuronal and other non-tumour cellular function on the tumour cell progression and treatment responsiveness.

People have always been at the heart of our work. Our people are at the centre of the University community and everything we do. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful flexibility that works for you.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Professional development and subject matter expertise
• Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience
• Leading-edge research
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.