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Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr William Schafer | LMB 3009

UK Research and Innovation • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£34k – £34k

Posted

16 October 2026

Sponsor match

high

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Role overview

UK Research and Innovation is hiring a Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr William Schafer | LMB 3009 in Cambridge, a scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £34k – £34k. UK Research and Innovation holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

£42,694 per annum Overall purpose: To work within the group of Dr William Schafer at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), within a programme aimed at mapping and analysing the structure of the hatchling octopus brain connectome. Specifically, to undertake research to us a combination of volume electron microscopy and expansion/light microscopy to study wiring of neural circuits in the octopus optic lobe and central brain. To play a major role in the work of the research group, through…

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Employer: UK Research and Innovation — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £34k – £34k
How this salary compares: about 16% below the £41,068 median across 1,254 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Similar roles nearby: 39 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 16 October 2026
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