Research Fellow

About us

The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill the major knowledge gap in our basic understanding of the diseases that cause dementia.

Research from UK DRI at UCL covers the journey from the patient to the laboratory and back to the patient with improved diagnosis, biomarkers and candidate therapies put to the test.

The Krupic Lab at the UK DRI at UCL aims to understand how accumulation of Tau and amyloid-beta pathology affects hippocampal-entorhinal neural networks and cognitive functions in age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease using cutting-edge neural recording techniques, state of the art behaviour techniques, and computational approaches.

About the role

We are now recruiting a highly motivated, experienced, and self-driven Research Fellow to join the Krupic Lab to help investigate the role of disrupted deep brain circuitry in diminished spatial memory function in Alzheimer’s disease. The research will focus on both healthy and Alzheimer’s disease-related interactions modelled by accumulation of amyloid-beta and Tau proteins. One of your main tasks will be to help implement the long-term neural recordings using smart Kages.

The post is available from 15 January 2025 and is funded by the UK DRI until 31 May 2025 in the first instance, with the possibility of extension.

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, or have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team (ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk).

Informal enquiries regarding the role can be addressed to Dr Julija Krupic (j.krupic@ucl.ac.uk). 

A full job description and person specification for this role can be accessed on the UCL website.