Research Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate in the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). You should be passionate about neurodegenerative disease research, ideally with a track record of translational research in this area. You will have a strong background in molecular and cellular (neuro) biology with experience in...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Education for a Research Associate who will be based in the School of Education and iHuman (the interdisciplinary institute for the study of the human) to take a key role in supporting the delivery on a body of scholarship in relation to issues of...

The Department of Economics has an international reputation for practical and real-world economics. Our researchers advise government departments in the UK and internationally. The Department of Economics is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to provide research assistance to members of the Departmental Executive Committee on a range of research...

You will integrate into the Department of Neuroscience, which is currently one of the three constituent departments of The Medical School. The post represents an exciting opportunity to combine computational and bioinformatic approaches with programs of high-quality research generating multi-omic data within the Department of Neuroscience and the associated...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 university? Are you an excellent researcher in higher education, particularly in language analytics? Would you like to contribute to an ambitious programme of work aimed at further developing the innovative use of technology and computation within Arts and Humanities research? We are seeking to recruit a...

The Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) is seeking a new research member of staff. You will join a dynamic community of interdisciplinary academics engaged in cutting-edge research and teaching in social science methods, applied within different disciplines and across disciplinary boundaries. We are seeking a two year fixed-term Research Associate. This is a...

Are you interested in working as part of a collaborative team to understand the physics of metal halide perovskites and leverage that understanding to develop the next generation of high efficiency solar cells? Applications are invited for a Research Associate who will work on an exciting new EPSRC project to understand the electronic structure of wide...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 university? The project involves collaborating with leading UK compostable packaging producers and a behaviour change organisation. As part of the behavioural science research, you will work with leading UK compostable packaging producers and a behaviour change organisation to understand and change...

Are you interested in working at a world top 100 University? Applications are invited for a Research Associate in Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. You will be working with Dr Jill Johnson and Professor Jeremy Oakley on research funded by the NERC project "Towards Maximum Feasible Reduction in Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty"...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to join our multidisciplinary team working to develop novel methods of investigating neurological responses to dental pain and establish objective, measurable markers of pain severity. The research project is funded by Haleon, and you will liaise with academic collaborators from across the...

An exciting position for a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate with experience of mammalian gene expression technology is available to carry out research and development underpinning commercial manufacture of commercial production of viral vectors for gene therapy. This project is funded by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (Guy’s Hospital,...

We are seeking a Research Associate with relevant bioinformatic skills and experience in analysing DNA sequence datasets, such as metabarcoding and population genomic analyses, or sequence assembly and annotation. You will assist NEOF users with study design, data analysis and training, and contribute to the laboratory’s research and development...

We are seeking a Research Associate to work with Dr. Nikolaos Aletras (member of the NLP Group) on developing novel methods for analysing the content of online political advertising as part of a larger interdisciplinary project “Understanding online political advertising: perceptions, uses and regulation” funded by the Leverhulme Trust. This role offers...

Are you Interested in working for a world top 100 university? We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Psychology for people to use their skills and knowledge to improve employment rates among autistic individuals. A Research Associate post is available for a fixed term contract basis from the 1st May 2023 to the 1st November May 2024. The role...

The Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated Research Associate in Structural Dynamics to carry out a research project on “developing a digital twin for a BAE Hawk T1A aircraft”. The Research Associate will be encouraged to take a leading role in the development and delivery of their research...

Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) is looking to recruit an early (G7 Research Associate) or mid-career (G8 Research Fellow) researcher with strong background in statistics and/or econometrics, preferably in the area of causal inference, with an interest in evaluating the efficacy...

How does the brain encode 3-dimensional visual information for stereoscopic perception? Mikko Juusola's lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila.We study stereovision using a range of methods, such as in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, fly genetics, behavioural...

How does the brain encode 3-dimensional visual information for stereoscopic perception? Mikko Juusola’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study stereovision using a range of methods, such as in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, fly genetics,...

How does a photoreceptor synapse use mechanical motion to improve information transfer? Mikko Juusola’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study ultrafast morphodynamic adaptation in photoreceptor synapses to light changes using a range of methods, such as in vivo...

How does a photoreceptor synapse use mechanical motion to improve information transfer? Mikko Juusola's lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila.We study ultrafast morphodynamic adaptation in photoreceptor synapses to light changes using a range of methods, such as in vivo...