Investigating deleterious signalling between astrocytes and motoneurons in a human iPSC-based model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis  

The Neural Control of Movement Lab (http://ncm.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/), headed by Dr Gareth Miles at the University of St Andrews, is currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Postdoctoral Researcher with a proven track record in neuroscience research to work on a project investigating the role of dysfunctional crosstalk between astrocytes and motoneurons in the devastating neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). This project will utilize a combination of cutting edge electrophysiological and imaging techniques applied to human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived models. The project is part of a MND Scotland-funded collaboration with Prof Siddharthan Chandran (University of Edinburgh; http://www.siddharthanchandran.org.uk/).   

This position is fixed term for 3 years.  

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Gareth Miles (gbm4@st-andrews.ac.uk).   

Applications are particularly welcome from women, who are under-represented in manual positions at the University.  You can find out more about Equality & Diversity at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/.   

The University of St Andrews is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all, which is further demonstrated through its working on the Gender and Race Equality Charters and being awarded the Athena SWAN award for women in science, HR Excellence in Research Award and the LGBT Charter;  http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.  

Please quote ref: AR1813MR

Closing Date: 8 August 2016

Further Particulars: AR1813MR FPs.doc

School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Salary: £31,656 per annum
Fixed Term: 3 years
Start: As soon as possible