Research Technician in Diabetes and Metabolism Research

Based within a research team led by Dr Lee Roberts your role, funded by a Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Fellowship, will be to advance the understanding of adipose tissue physiology. More specifically, through your ability to work independently and as part of a team, you will be given an opportunity to contribute to work which aims to profoundly advance understanding of the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of metabolite signals originating from adipose tissue.

With at least a Bachelor’s Degree in a biological or biomedical discipline you will have a strong interest in, and demonstrable experience in, studies of adipose tissue, skeletal muscle or liver metabolism, and/or relevant biochemical, cell biology and molecular biology methods and complementary techniques. You will have the ability to work safely with due consideration for your own health and safety and that of others.  In addition you will also have the demonstrated ability to plan, manage and deliver timely outputs from research projects and undertake murine studies if appropriate, fully cooperating with associated legal requirements.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Dr Lee Roberts, University Academic Fellow

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 1050, email: L.D.Roberts@leeds.ac.uk

Further information

The University of Leeds is committed to providing equal opportunities for all and offers a range of family friendly policies (http://hr.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/4/policies). The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and holds the Silver award. The School of Medicine gained the Silver award in 2016.  We are committed to being an inclusive medical school that values all staff, and we are happy to consider job share applications and requests for flexible working arrangements from our employees.