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By joining the UK DRI you’ll belong to a team of fantastic researchers, technical specialists and professional support staff passionate about accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of interventions that will help diagnose, treat and ultimately prevent dementia, directly benefitting people affected by dementia, their carers, families and the community.

We’re looking for brilliant people with diverse perspectives. Together our unique contributions will transform the range and pace of research on dementia. You’ll be supported by the very best tools and resources and join a culture that encourages high risk/reward science and sharing of ideas.

We are a vibrant, ambitious and interactive community. We offer opportunities at all career levels for scientists and support staff in our seven centres across the UK, as well as in our London-based HQ team.

We’re always interested in hearing from people as passionate about our mission as we are. To find out more about working at the UK DRI or our current opportunities, please contact us at enquiries@ukdri.ac.uk.

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​UK DRI at UCL

Research at the UK DRI at UCL covers the journey from the person living with dementia to the laboratory and back again - with improved diagnosis and potential therapies put to the test.

  • Specialisms at UCL
  • Mechanistic understanding of dysfunction in cells and neural systems
  • Gene expression and biological pathways in single cells related to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
  • New biomarkers to monitor disease progression
  • Deficits in axonal transport in early neurodegeneration
  • Wnt signalling in synapses to discover new targets for future dementia therapies
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    From lab bench to bedside, and back again

    UCL was selected as the hub of the UK DRI in 2016 because of its strength to bring together excellent clinical and basic neuroscience research to advance our understanding of neurodegeneration and identify novel targets and therapeutic approaches for dementia. As the hub, it has a larger research programme and also is the location for the national headquarters team who connect the whole institute together.

    Research at the UK DRI at UCL covers the journey from the person living with dementia to the laboratory and back again - with improved diagnosis and potential therapies put to the test. The groups believe in intervening earlier in disease in order to change the trajectory.

    We need to better understand the diversity and complexity of neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's disease, in order to understand the mechanisms involved, and ultimately how we can alter them to improve people's lives.

    We must find treatments quicker, and that's why the UK DRI at UCL is taking a novel approach by integrating diverse expertise for efficiency, from genetics to diagnostics.

    This work is enhanced by incredible clinical resources. Researchers have access to unique clinical cohorts, where comprehensive data has been collected throughout disease progression including memory assessments and brain tissue. The UK DRI at UCL provides a clinical arm to the whole of the UK DRI.

    The future iconic home of the UK DRI at UCL will be alongside UCL's Queen Square Institute of Neurology in a new building on Gray's Inn Road.

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  • Research Technician, UK DRI at UCL - Bartels lab

    The UK DRI at UCL is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Bartels lab as a Research Technician. The Bartels lab specialises to fill the gap for scientific research on synuclein multimers and lipidomics associated with Parkinson’s Disease. The lab is dedicated to understanding the biochemical nature of α-synuclein in healthy and diseased patients. The postholder will provide experimental support for the research project, which will comprise of the analysis of human postmortem brain material and various cell culture models including iPSC-derived and primary human neurons as well as structural in vitro assays using recombinant protein. The native brain tissue and the in vitro models will be used to study α-synuclein multimers and lipid composition in different Synucleinopathies. In vitro, aggregation assays, electron microscopy, CD spectroscopy, and FCS will be used to elucidate context-dependent folding. Technical assistance is required with histopathology techniques, biochemical analysis such as crosslinking and Western Blot, RNA and DNA analysis and cell culture, as well as protein expression and purification. Ref: B02-06769, Closing date: Thursday 25 April 2024

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