Post-doctoral Research Associate
3 days ago
**Reference**:
**OCT20254713**
- Expiry date:
- 06:49, Mon, 17th Nov 2025
- Location:
- Liverpool
- Salary:
- £39,906.00 - £46,049.00 Per Annum
- Benefits:
- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
- Duration:
- Fixed-term appointment for 2 years
**Full-Time, Fixed-term appointment for 2 years**
**Based in Liverpool with frequent national and international travel**
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is seeking a highly motivated Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to join a multidisciplinary team investigating the evolution of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. This exciting position forms part of a major collaborative programme with Imperial College London, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
**Project Overview**
**Key responsibilities will include**
- Design and implement transcriptomic
- and genomic-based studies to address fundamental evolutionary questions in Anopheles mosquitoes.
**Provide support and supervision to students and technical staff within the group**
- Assist in the design and supervision of PhD student projects
- To assist in training and mentoring staff that provide technical assistance to your project
- Support students and technicians working on similar topics, especially in the analysis of their data
**Develop novel projects**
- Contribute to the writing of research grants/ fellowships in collaboration with PIs
- Disseminate findings through publications and conferences, as relevant to research
- Contribute to peer-reviewed research publications and scientific reports for donors
- PhD in Biology, Computer Science, Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Ecology or Genomics
- Well-developed research skills with the ability to present research findings in oral or written format
- Evidence of preparing publications for specialist/ general science journals
- Familiarity with the general research themes of the host lab and the wider Department of Vector Biology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels.
- Experience or knowledge of next generation sequencing technologies _(desirable)_
- Experience of epidemiology, data management and bioinformatics _(desirable)_
**_(For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification)_**
**Additional benefits of joining LSTM**:
- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
- Generous occupational pension schemes
- Government backed “cycle to work” scheme.
- Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
- A range of additional family friendly policies
**Application Process**:
**Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM.**
**About LSTM**
Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.
**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies
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