Postdoctoral Research Fellow
1 week ago
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences - Centre for Medical Mycology
This is a new full-time post available on a 36-month fixed-term basis, starting from 1 May 2024. The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) is a world-leading research centre addressing major global threats to human health caused by fungal diseases.
Role Summary
The MRC CMM seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in a research programme focused on maternal immune transfer, under the supervision of Prof William Horsnell. The successful applicant will contribute to understanding how mothers transfer immunity to their offspring and how different transferred mechanisms contribute to offspring control of infection.
About the Role
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects, and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to securing funds; make presentations at conferences and other events; and work collaboratively, supervising the work of others and acting as team leader as required. Applicants will possess a PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to understanding how mothers transfer immunity to their offspring and how different transferred mechanisms contribute to offspring control of infection.
- Develop research objectives, projects, and proposals.
- Identify sources of research funding and contribute to securing funds.
- Make presentations at conferences and other events.
- Work collaboratively, supervising the work of others and acting as team leader as required.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study.
- Sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes.
- Evidence of research activity and published research.
- Experience in flow cytometry.
- Hold a personal licence for animal research.
- Experience in studying mucosal biological responses to infection.
- Mammalian cell culture.
- Experience in use of mouse infection models.
- Proficiency in use of Graphpad and Excel and other Microsoft Office programmes, basic R skills, statistical analysis, use of image analysis softwares and FACsDiva/Flojo (or equivalent) softwares.
About the University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business, and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world-leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast-growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City.
Our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
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