Organisation/Company: UK Dementia Research Institute
Research Field: Neurosciences
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 28 Apr 2025 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 35
Offer Starting Date: 26 May 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number: ZE45455
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
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.
Applications are invited for a Group Leader in the UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Cambridge, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
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 questions relating to the post, please contact Professor Mina Ryten at mr2022@cam.ac.uk for an informal and confidential discussion about the role.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 5 years in the first instance.
Please ensure that you upload a cover letter with a statement of current and future research plans outlining your vision and priorities and a CV in the Upload section of the online application. The cover letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.
Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.
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