Salary: £63,665 – £76,868 plus London allowances (£5,560) per annum
The LMS is a vibrant biomedical research institute with a focus on mechanistic biomedical discovery science. We value transdisciplinary team science as a transformative approach to address major questions of relevance to human health and disease. Our state-of-the-art building, our innovative and highly collaborative researcher community and our scientific core facilities collectively build the backbone of our research. Our cutting-edge facilities provide our researchers with expert guidance, as well as driving innovation through the development of new methodologies.
In the current recruitment drive, we would like to make a new programme leader track appointment and are looking for scientists who are highly interactive and collaborative, also across disciplines, and who are open and interested in team science approaches beyond their own individual research programme.
The LMS has defined three priority areas for our research:
We are open to how your research aligns with the priority areas. We are looking for scientists who are employing human in vivo physiology approaches to understand the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of human metabolic disease and who are also interested in exploring how these adversely affects healthy aging and exerts sex-divergent effects.
We have a newly established Human in vivo Physiology core facility at LMS, which is led by a Lead Research Nurse and seeks to build a national network of human in vivo physiology expertise to maintain this expertise for the nation and help UK researchers to access to it. We are looking for someone who can encourage other LMS researchers to explore how their projects could benefit from interaction with this core facility to maximise translational opportunities and who can provide strategic and academic advice for the further development of the Human in vivo Physiology Core.
As a Programme Leader Track, you will receive, in addition to your own salary, two core funded posts and research consumables. Once every 2 to 3 years, you will be able to recruit a PhD student from the MRC core funding, and you will be able to apply to our transdisciplinary PhD programme, which promotes collaboration with disciplines outside your own expertise, including industry partners. Part of our mission is the integrated training of both basic and clinician scientists, and you will have the opportunity to supervise and mentor early-career clinician scientists undertaking a PhD or postdoctoral training through our Chain Florey programme.
On top of this, you will have access to the entire range of our scientific core facilities to drive your research forward, including a state-of-the-art animal house for detailed functional studies. We are also establishing a networked human in vivo physiology core facility providing support for studies with human tissues as well as for human in vivo physiology and experimental medicine approaches, irrespective of whether or not you are clinically qualified.
You can also participate in our Team Science projects that take a transdisciplinary approach and aim to bring groups of researchers together to enable them to address major questions in our priority areas. These are great opportunities to build your collaborative network and further your research. Funds for team science will be in addition to the core funding for your research group.
Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. Everyone at our institute shares in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment.
We are committed to creating equality of opportunity to all members of the organisation, regardless of their background, and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds and from anywhere in the world.
Please note that applications may be reviewed by both LMS and Imperial staff
Athena SWAN
In 2017, the Institute received an Athena SWAN Silver Award to recognize its commitment to advancing women’s careers in science and research.
At the LMS there are three working groups which deliver on the action plan developed for the silver application.
Equality, diversity and wellbeing
The MRC LMS is committed to creating equality of opportunity to all members of the organisation, regardless of their background, and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We observe the Medical Research Council’s Equality and Diversity Vision, which sets out the MRC’s commitment to fulfill its obligations as a public body under the Equality Act 2010.
Technician’s Commitment
The LMS is a signatory to the Technician Commitment, a sector-wide initiative led by the Science Council and the Gatsby Foundation which aims to address the particular career challenges faced by technical and scientific support staff.
We provide opportunities to work alongside some of the top medical researchers on the planet, from our state-of-the-art research facilities.