Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Via www.jobs.ac.uk. Applications are invited for the post-doctoral research assistant to work on a three year MRC funded project investigating how 11b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 deficiency protects against age-related cognitive impairments. You should hold a PhD in pharmacology, neuroscience or a related discipline. Techniques include a range of basic molecular biology methods and in vivo procedures. Experience with brain in vivo microdialysis or behavioural testing will be an advantage. You will be join a dynamic group of more than 50 clinical and non-clinical researchers with expertise in many aspects of the biology and pathophysiology of glucocorticoid hormone action in mood and cognitive disorders, early-life programming, metabolic and cardiovascular disease in the 5*-rated (2001 RAE) Endocrinology Unit, based in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh. The closing date for applications is 26 October 2007. More information is available at the link below.

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