Post Doctoral Researcher

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Scottish Agricultural College Full time

**Title**:Post-Doctoral Researcher

**Type**: Full-Time, Fixed Term (3 Years)

**Salary**:£35,267 - £40,836

**Location**: Easter Bush, Edinburgh

**REF**:ACF/AVS/076/23

**Closing Date**: 5TH May 2023

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**:

- Contribute to data collection and organise the project database.
- Conduct computational and statistical analyses to develop individual chicken resilience phenotypes.
- Manage whole genome sequence (WGS) data and perform quality control, prioritisation, and filtering.
- Conduct computational and statistical analyses to assess the correlation of resilience with other chicken phenotypes.
- Produce scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Present data at conferences and meetings.
- Contribute to project management, organisation, and reporting.
- Collaborate with project colleagues at SRUC and our CTLGH partners at ILRI in Ethiopia and the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
- There will be opportunities to teach at the SRUC Animal Science course.

The post-holder will be based in Edinburgh and interact with colleagues at the CTLGH nodes in the UK, Ethiopia, and Kenya, including some overseas travel.

**Closing date**:5th May 2023

**Benefits / What you will get in return**:

- Enhanced holidays (minimum 33 days per year)
- Enhanced pension contributions for teaching staff (7.2% - 11.9% employee and 14.9% increasing to 17.2% employer)
- 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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