UK Dementia Research Institute Group Leader/ Senior Research Associate (Fixed Term) (Cambridge)

British Neuroscience Association; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 60,000

Job description

UK Dementia Research Institute Group Leader/ Senior Research Associate (Fixed Term) (Cambridge)

Vacancy Reference Number: ZE45455
Closing Date: 28 Apr 2025
Salary: £46,735-£59,139
Address: UK DRI at The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN
Duration: The funds for this post are available for 5 years in the first instance

Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century. To date there is no way to prevent it or even slow its progression, and there is an urgent need to fill the knowledge gap in our basic understanding of the diseases that cause it.

The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative driving forward research to fill this gap. We are a globally leading multidisciplinary research institute of 700 staff investigating the spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders causing dementia, with laboratory-based research groups located at University College London, the University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, Edinburgh University, Imperial College London and King's College London.

The mission of the UK DRI at the University of Cambridge, led by Professor Mina Ryten, is to create a collaborative, inter-disciplinary Centre that combines world-leading expertise across cell biology, chemistry, transcriptomics and genetics to understand the mechanisms driving neurodegeneration. We study all stages of disease in order to identify therapeutic targets with the greatest potential to treat dementia. Our existing research themes encompassing protein aggregation and clearance, ER dynamics, autophagy, DNA repair and transcriptomics, have already been highly successful and we intend to build on this momentum by continuing to recruit talented scientists.

We are looking for a clinical or non-clinical researcher to lead an individual internationally competitive research programme into neurodegeneration within the UK DRI here at Cambridge. We seek creative and innovative proposals for a new research programme in areas including but not limited to: the genetics of neurodegenerative disorders, the application of 'Omics technologies to the study of neurodegenerative disorders and the development of computational methods with a particular focus on integrative approaches.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact Professor Mina Ryten at [e-mail].