Scientific & QA Jobs
Research Associate
University of Leicester • Belgrave, Leicester
Salary
£40k – £40k
Posted
2 August 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview
University of Leicester is hiring a Research Associate in Belgrave, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £40k – £40k. University of Leicester 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.
T his post, funded by the Wellcome Trust, is for a skilled postdoctoral researcher to join an established, successful research team. The aim of our research is to explore the structure and function of large histone deacetylase containing repression complexes. The project involves studying the interaction of the repressive transcription factor BACH1 with class I HDAC complexes containing HDAC1, HDAC1 and HDAC3. The project will also investigate the role of heme binding on the interaction. The Sc…
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