Description UE06: £34,610 - £39,906 per annum College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine/School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences/Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: for 2 years The Opportunity: Where passion meets purpose. Be part of something bigger. We’re looking for a curious, motivated, and hands-on Research Assistant to join our Translational Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) Research Group. If you’re excited by brain research, enjoy working in a collaborative lab environment, and want to contribute to research that really matters, this could be a great fit. As a Research Assistant in our team, you’ll play a key role in helping us understand how CAA affects brain health. You’ll work closely with postdocs, PhD students, and other lab members, supporting a wide range of experiments and day-to-day research activity. Your work will directly contribute to ongoing projects in vascular dementia research. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team but are also happy managing your own workload and daily organisation. You’re practical, detail-oriented, and keen to learn, with a genuine interest in brain health and translational research. People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you. A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle: Professional development and subject matter expertise Working within one of the world’s leading universities Interesting work Excellent benefits and support If you’re passionate about research and want to contribute to work that advances our understanding of vascular dementia, we’d love to hear from you. This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and based in a lab setting. View the full job description How to apply Please include the following documents in your application: - CV - Cover letter As a valued member of our team, you can expect: A competitive salary. An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community. Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits. Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. Key dates to note The closing date for applications is 3 rd April 2026. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. Interviews will be held shortly after the advert closes, probably on 9 th April 2026.