Research Fellow in Psychiatric Genomics

The University of Edinburgh - Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 8th August 2025

Closes: 21st August 2025

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: 31st July 2028

We are looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral researcher with experience in analysing genetic and other molecular data.

The Opportunity: This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral scientist to work towards improving our understanding of how antidepressants work and how they change patterns of circulating proteins, metabolites and other biomarkers. The successful candidate will contribute to knowledge on the mechanisms of antidepressants by analysing data from large clinical and population-based studies. The post-doctoral research fellowship will be held within the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. The successful applicant will analyse genomic data as part of team with collaborators at King’s College London, Oxford University and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience of analysing genomic data
• Experience of working with R
• Evidence of having contributed to published research
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Experience of working effectively within a team and ability to work independently

Apply Before: 21/08/2025, 23:59