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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">*** 3- year Research Associate post – The Eye in Down syndrome as a window to Alzheimer’s Disease ***</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for a 3 year full-time position based in Northern Ireland, UK, to deliver an exciting project spanning ophthalmology, biomedical sciences and psychiatry. This project will
investigate ocular structure and function of the Eye in Down syndrome as a window to Alzheimer's Disease, and will involve in-depth ocular imaging, visual assessment, biomarker sampling and cognitive assessments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">The researcher will be experienced in one or more of the following areas (i) ocular imaging analysis (ii) undertaking</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">cognitive
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of biological samples, but will have the opportunity to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>develop and learn new skills and methodologies working with an inter-disciplinary team. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">hey
will be involved in the development of materials, <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">recruitment and data collection, and curation and analysis of the dataset. They will<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">coordinate
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">The project is funded by an Alzheimer’s Society grant and the post-holder will work with the lead investigators at Ulster and Queen’s University, and co-investigators at UCL and Imperial College London. (Fixed-term
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">If you are interested in applying, further details of the position are available<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://my.corehr.com/pls/ulsrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form" title="https://my.corehr.com/pls/ulsrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">If you would like to know more, please contact Dr Julie-Anne Little at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/biomedical-sciences/research/optometry-and-vision-science/research" title="https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/biomedical-sciences/research/optometry-and-vision-science/research"><span style="color:#0563C1">Centre
for Optometry and Vision Science</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at Ulster University (<a href="mailto:Ja.little@ulster.ac.uk" title="mailto:Ja.little@ulster.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0078D4">Ja.little@ulster.ac.uk</span></a>) or Dr
Imre Lengyel at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-experimental-medicine" title="https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-experimental-medicine"><span style="color:#0563C1">Wellcome
Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at Queens University (<a href="mailto:i.lengyel@qub.ac.uk" title="mailto:i.lengyel@qub.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0078D4">i.lengyel@qub.ac.uk</span></a>). <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Julie-Anne Little PhD MCOptom FHEA FEAOO</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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