Research Fellow in Psychiatric Genomics

Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum 

CMVM / Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Full-time: 35 hours per week 

Fixed-term: 31st July 2028

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral researcher with experience in analysing genetic and other molecular data.
 

The Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral scientist to work towards improving our understanding of how antidepressants work and how they change patterns of circulating proteins, metabolites and other biomarkers. The successful candidate will contribute to knowledge on the mechanisms of antidepressants by analysing data from large clinical and population-based studies. The post-doctoral research fellowship will be held within the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. The successful applicant will analyse genomic data as part of team with collaborators at King’s College London, Oxford University and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Experience of analysing genomic data
• Experience of working with R
• Evidence of having contributed to published research 
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Experience of working effectively within a team and ability to work independently

 

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Application Information

 

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter

 

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. 

 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

 

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.

 

Key dates to note

 

The closing date for applications is 21st August 2025.

 

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

 

Interviews will be held approximately four weeks from the closing date for applications

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