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Postdoctoral Scientist | Structural Studies | Dr Andrew Carter | LMB 2733

UK Research and Innovation • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£33k – £33k

Posted

15 August 2026

Sponsor match

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Role overview

UK Research and Innovation is hiring a Postdoctoral Scientist | Structural Studies | Dr Andrew Carter | LMB 2733 in Cambridge, a scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £33k – £33k. 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 Andrew Carter at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), within a programme aimed at identifying the links between microtubule motors and their cargos. The project will be in collaboration with the lab of Emmanuel Derivery and benefit from combining their expertise in multispectral imaging, together with the Carter lab's expertise in working with iNeurons and motor transport. The goal is to identify the connections that link …

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Employer: UK Research and Innovation — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £33k – £33k
How this salary compares: about 18% below the £40,000 median across 923 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Similar roles nearby: 20 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 15 August 2026
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