As a board or panel member, you will use your expertise and experience to help MRC invest in high-quality and impactful research, innovation and training.
You will also provide input into our strategy, including through interactions with other boards and panels and MRC’s advisory structures.
As it is not possible for individuals to provide in-depth expertise across all specialities, you will work collectively through open and objective discussions to provide advice across the board or panel remit.
You will share responsibility for judgments and recommendations.
About the panel
MRC’s Equipment Panel plays a key role in providing vital funding for equipment to support world class laboratories across the UK.
Its primary function is to assess applications submitted to MRC’s annual mid-range equipment funding opportunity, MRC Equip, but may also assess other opportunities as required.
The panel expertise spans the full breadth of MRC’s scientific remit.
The panel consists of technical, scientific and clinical experts from across the UK, including research technical professionals.
You should have a track record of supporting or delivering top quality research in an area of science relevant to MRC’s remit.
Panel chair
MRC is recruiting a chair with a proven track record of conducting world-leading biomedical research and of securing significant funding as project lead.
You will have broad technical expertise and understand sustainable facility management.
If you are interested in chairing the Equipment Panel, you should demonstrate that you have the time, commitment and skills to contribute across a range of MRC strategic and governance activities.
You should also have active professional networks within the academic and research technical professional community.
Panel members
In addition, we have up to 15 vacancies for panel members.
We will be recruiting members with scientific, technical or clinical expertise in the following areas:
- mass spectrometry, with facility management preferred
- flow cytometry, with facility management preferred
- magnetic resonance imaging, with direct experience in clinical research preferred
- ultrasound imaging, with direct experience in clinical research preferred
- CT scanning and imaging, with direct experience in clinical research preferred
- neuroscience, with expertise in imaging methodologies and technology
- clinical immunology and infectious disease
- live cell imaging, with knowledge of advanced methodology and technological advances such as light sheet microscopy or stimulated emission depletion microscopy
- automated or robotic high throughput systems
- screening platforms for preclinical development of drugs, therapies or diagnostics
- micro-CT scanning
- good manufacturing practice manufacturing
- non-invasive spectroscopy
- structural biology
- human disease research using advanced technology
We welcome applications from biomedical researchers and research technical professionals.
We are particularly interested in receiving applications from people with clinical qualifications or from allied health professionals.
