Research Assistant

About us

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world‑class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America.

The 2024‑29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high‑quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public.

The Institute offers world‑class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

A research assistant is required for projects developing the next generation of therapies for children with blood and immune disorders, including CAR T cells for leukaemia. The postholder will support lab researchers’ developing strategies to improve CAR T cell and haematopoietic stem cell therapies in pre‑clinical studies. There will be close working with university and hospital partners. Team working, aptitude and excellent communication and record keeping skills will be essential.

The postholder will have skills in handling T cells and/or haematopoietic stem cells and experience in molecular biology techniques, vector production and sequencing. The post is funded by GOSHCC and will be appointed for 12 months in the first instance with scope for extension and part‑time doctoral (PhD) studies.

Expertise in human cell handling, culture, genome editing, flow cytometry and/or functional assays. Knowledge of design and testing of genome editing tools. Please see JD/PS for detailed information.

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As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here:  If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on

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