Post-doctoral Researcher

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Scottish Agricultural College Full time

**Title**: Post-Doctoral Researcher - Livestock Breeding & Genomics

**Type**: Fixed Term 2 years, Full-Time

**Salary**: £35,267 - £40,836 per annum

**Location**: SRUC Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Edinburgh

**REF**:ACF/AVS/008/23

SRUC is unique in Scotland and one of the largest organisations of its kind in Europe. Our ambitious and exciting vision is to work at local, national and international levels, leading innovation and sustainable development in agriculture and rural sectors.

Job Duties include:

- Collate animal phenotypic, genomic, pedigree and management data from multiple sources.
- Examine data quality and organise the project database.
- Conduct computational and statistical analyses of the data to estimate genetic parameters and genomic breeding values, and identify genomic variants and regions associated with different phenotypes of foot health.
- Perform simulation studies integrating outcomes to assess breeding strategies towards enhanced animal health and welfare.
- Produce scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Present data at conferences and meetings.
- Contribute to project management, organisation, and reporting.
- Liaise and collaborate with project partners at other Universities in the UK.
- There will be opportunities to teach at the SRUC Animal Science course.

Closing date: 31 May 2023

Preferred starting date 1 September 2023, **negotiable**.

**What you will get in return**
- Enhanced holidays
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to work scheme
- RAC Membership
- Enhanced family leave
- Flexible working patterns
- Hybrid working solutions (in some areas)
- Tailored investment in and individuals' learning and development

**Further information**

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