Job id: 106346
Salary: £47,882 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Business unit: IoPPN
Department: Wolfson SPaRC.
Location: Guy's Campus
Category: Research.
About us:
The postdoctoral scientist will join the group of Marzia Malcangio at the Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre within the School of Neuroscience IoPPN.
About the Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre:
The Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre (Wolfson SPaRC) research focuses on the molecular basis of pain and hearing loss, and on neural repair and regeneration following disease and injury to the brain and spinal cord. The research spans chronic pain & migraine, spinal cord & brain repair, and hearing loss & sensory systems. Our fundamental mission is the understand the biological mechanisms behind neurological and sensory disorders and harness this knowledge to develop new therapeutic strategies.
Wolfson SPaRC is one of four departments in the School of Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. It is located at Guy’s campus. Researchers have access to support facilities in confocal microscopy and histology.
About the School of Neuroscience:
The School of Neuroscience is UK’s 2nd largest Neuroscience school with over 500 researchers and 200 PhD students. It is one of three schools at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. We are ranked 4th in the world for the total number of publications in neuroscience and 4th for the number of publication outputs in top 5% citations in neuroscience, and 4th for top 5% citations in neurology.
Our academic and research staff are integral to our school. Their work is supported by a group of Professional Services staff members within the departments as well as at the school level.
We support staff members requiring flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments. Upon consultation at the points of recruitment and onboarding, we will strive to provide the best adjustments for you.
We strongly encourage our staff to dedicate time to their professional development through training courses and participation in working groups and networks. We also encourage our staff to seek mentoring outside their direct line management. Mentoring, both via formal and informal arrangements, allows individuals to fully explore their career situation and development. Our weekly school circular regularly captures and promotes opportunities open to all staff.
About King’s College London and the IoPPN:
King’s College London is amongst the top 40 universities in the world and top 10 in Europe (THE World University Rankings 2024), and one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities. With an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research, King’s maintained its sixth position for ‘research power’ in the UK (2021 Research Excellence Framework). King's has more than 33,000 students (including more than 12,800 postgraduates) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 8,500 staff.
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s is a leading centre for mental health and neuroscience research in Europe. It produces more highly cited outputs (top 1% citations) on psychiatry and mental health than any other centre (SciVal 2021), and on this metric has risen from 16th (2014) to 4th (2022) in the world for highly cited neuroscience outputs. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 90% of research at the IoPPN was deemed ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). World-leading research from the IoPPN has made, and continues to make, an impact on how we understand, prevent and treat mental illness, neurological conditions, and other conditions that affect the brain.
About the role:
A postdoctoral research associate position on neuroimmune interactions and pain has become available. This position is part of an MRC programme grant in collaboration with Queen Mary University London, University of Leeds and Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company.
a) Contribute towards a research programme, which has been conceived to examine the role of extracellular vesicle communication for communication between neurons and non-neuronal cells in chronic pain.
b) Being responsible for undertaking the programme of work
c) Conduct empirical research as required by the research programme.
d) Collect data and undertake any appropriate analysis of data as requested.
e) Maintain appropriate databases
f) Undertake literature and database searches for the research project
g) Develop new techniques as may be necessary to achieve the objectives of the research.
h) Display a professional attitude to matters of laboratory hygiene, organisation and safety
i) Any other relevant activities related to the project as appropriate.
This is a full-time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed-term contract until 31/01/2030.
Contact details: Marzia Malcangio (
[email protected])
Closing date: 21 February 2025.
To apply, please click “Apply Now” on our website.
