Queen Mary University of London is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the international Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2).
Institute Profile
Queen Mary University of London believe that a diversity of ideas can helps to achieve the previously unthinkable. The Wolfson Institute of Population Health was formed in August 2021, merging the former Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine (founded in 1991) and the Institute of Population Health Sciences (founded in 2019). The Institute is a part of Queen Mary’s medical faculty, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and delivers internationally recognised research and teaching in population health.
Post Details
- Position at: Postdoctoral Research Associate – Genetics of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease (GP2)
- Designation: Research Associate
- Research Area: Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), Genetics, Data Science, Bioinformatics
Role and Responsibility
- The Postdoctoral Research Associate will be joining the Centre for Preventive Neurology (CPN) to work on the international Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2; https://gp2.org/), funded by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s initiative and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
- Specifically, the post holder will join the ‘early/at-risk’ theme of GP2, focused on understanding the genetic basis of prodromal Parkinson’s disease (PD) on a global scale. This includes identifying cohorts of patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder, hyposmia, and carriers of monogenic causes of PD, liaising with the principal investigators and ultimately bringing the data into GP2.
Job Location: Charterhouse Square, UK
Important Dates
Apply Mode: Online
Date posted: 28-09-2023
Closing Date: 17-11-2023
Qualification and Pay Matrix
Academic Qualification
- PhD in neuroscience, genetics, data science or equivalent
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject
Experience/Knowledge
- Research experience and interest in the genetic basis of neurological disease.
- Proven abilty to write papers and scientific reports.
- Experience preparing (acquiring, cleaning and harmonising) clinical and genetic data for analysis.
- Experience writing and annotating code, and sharing code in public repositories.
- Exerience with analyses such GWAS, LD score regression, colocalization, burden analysis, Mendelian randomisation
- Experience of wider research activities, including visualisation and display of data, literature reviews, variant look-up, etc
- Experience of working collaboratively with other researchers.
- Knowledge of genetics, Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
Pay Matrix:
The post is based in Charterhouse Square. It is full time (35 hours per week), fixed term appointment for 24 months. The salary will be Grade 4/5 in the range of £38,165 – £49,785 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
How to Apply
- Interested candidates should submit their applications online before closing date of 17th November 2023.
- For more detail Click Here
Contact Details
The applicants are advised to use following contact details for comprehensive information pertaining to the advertisement. In the case of any additional inquiries, it is recommended to communicate with the respective institutional or university authorities.
- Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor Alastair Noyce at a.noyce@qmul.ac.uk
- Official Notification: Click Here
- Official Website: Click Here
- Organization Address: Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, +44 (0) 20 7882 5555
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