Research Assistant

Job title:

Research Assistant

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usThe LCN is an interdisciplinary enterprise between University College London, King’s College London and Imperial College London. In bringing together world-class infrastructure and leading nanotechnology research activities, the Centre aims to attain the critical mass to compete with the best facilities abroad. The LCN has strong relationships with the broader nanotechnology and commercial communities, and is involved in much major collaboration. It is at the forefront of training in nanotechnology, and has a strong media presence aimed at educating the public and bringing transparency to this emerging science.About the roleApplications are invited for two research assistants to join the Digital Health Hub for AMR, for six months.Two posts are available for 6 months each.The positions are based at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) UCL and funded by the EPSRC Digital Health Hub for Antimicrobial Resistance. Antibiotics underpin modern medicine but the alarming rise in drug resistance challenges these advances. The Hub aims to harness digital technologies to transform antimicrobial resistance surveillance and stewardship from a one-health approach, spanning humans, animals and the environment. The Hub brings together researchers from UCL, the UK Health Security Agency, Bangor University, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, Sheffield and Leeds universities, as well as many NHS, industry, charity and government partners.The main purpose of the job is to work on EPSRC Digital Health Hub for AMR Grand Challenge 1.2 Wastewater-based epidemiology for AMR – linking community and hospital AMR data with the team at Bangor University and with Arup. The aim is to develop a data dashboard to visualise AMR wastewater data from Wales, leveraging a major national programme led by Jones tracking 384 antimicrobial resistant genes using high throughput qPCR across 47 sites covering 80% of the population and 7 major hospitals. Working in partnership with ARUP, the aim is to co-develop the dashboard with end users, the Welsh Government and Public Health Wales via an AGILE iterative approach, and an API interface to facilitate data sharing. We will also pilot a connected sensor for near-source testing and sentinel surveillance (E. Coli as an exemplar) based on a low-cost rapid ultra-sensitive nanodiamonds1 , which have been shown to be 100,000-fold more sensitive than gold nanoparticles in a model assay, and (novel) video signal processing methods.

About youThe exciting positions will require that candidate to form good written skills, have good interpersonal skills, manage conflicting deadlines and has strong IT skills.Applicants should have an undergraduate qualification in chemistry or engineering. In addition they should have experience with risk assessments, contribution to key performance indicators, manage their own workload, ability to multi-task and able to contribute to high impact research. They should have the ability to contribute to high impact publications and also have experience with research grants. They must be able to multi-task and organise own work, contribute to research projects and also write risk assessments.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loanOn-Site nurseryOn-site gymEnhanced maternity, paternity and adoption payEmployee assistance programme: Staff Support ServiceDiscounted medical insuranceOur commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 04:50:40 GMT

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