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Research Associate (MND Association)We are looking for a post-doctoral research associate to join the Dr Owen Peters Lab in the School of Biosciences and UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University, working in close collaboration with Dr Mariah Lelos, Prof Emma Kidd and Dr Gaynor Smith.In this role, you will:• Lead a Motor Neurone Disease Association-funded research project to assess the contribution of cGAS-STING immune signalling in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS);• Use state of the art in vitro and in vivo model systems to explore roles for mitochondria dysfunction and cGAS-STING signalling in ageing microglia in ALS. In collaboration with the King’s College London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank, you will translate data from model systems to human post-mortem tissues...