Research Associate in Microbial Evolution

We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate in microbial evolution as part of an interdisciplinary consortium developing synthetic phage technologies for use in phage therapy. Phage therapy is a promising alternative to antibiotics and is likely be an important part of the response to the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. Synthetic phages offer...

The Brockhurst Lab group within the Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics wishes to appoint a laboratory-based Research Associate to an exciting project exploring how defence systems and mobile genetic elements jointly control long-term dynamics of bacterial genome evolution. ECOEVOGENOME is a 5-year project awarded to Professor Michael Brockhurst...

The Brockhurst Lab group within the Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics wishes to appoint a laboratory-based Research Assistant to an exciting project exploring how defence systems and mobile genetic elements jointly control long-term dynamics of bacterial genome evolution. ECOEVOGENOME is a 5-year project awarded to Professor Michael Brockhurst...

Phage therapy, the use of viruses that only infect bacterial cells and kill them, is a promising potential solution to the antimicrobial resistance crisis that is threatening modern medicine. Phage therapy has been used since before the clinical use of antibiotics, but with variable success in part due to limited knowledge of phage biology. Renewed interest...

The project, which is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), explores the genomic architecture, molecular mechanisms and evolution of host control in symbiosis, using the Paramecium-Chlorella microbial symbiosis. Using a powerful combination of reverse genetics, multi-omics and laboratory experimental evolution we will...

**BACKGROUND** The UK has been generating electricity from nuclear power for over sixty years. Consequently, the issue of safely disposing of the UK’s approximately 750,000 m3 Intermediate and High-Level Nuclear Waste (ILW/HLW), and future waste is a clear priority. The UK government policy is to dispose of the higher activity nuclear wastes in an...

The Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health wish to appoint a Research Associate to an exciting project entitled “Exploring the Adaptive Landscape of Multigenerational Inter-Specific Hybrids to Improve Iso-Butanol Tolerance”. **During this position, the post-holder will undertake a range of...

Working within Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences) under the supervision of Professor Sophie Nixon, the post is funded by the BBSRC strategic Longer and Larger grant “Rules of life in CO2-driven microbial communities: Microbiome engineering for a Net Zero future”. This project is led by Professor Sophie...

A Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) is sought to help deliver a high-quality research to contribute to a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), entitled ‘Doing more with less: digital twinning of Ti forgings’. This project is a collaboration between the University of Manchester, the University of...

Working within Manchester Institute of Biotechnology under the supervision of Professor Neil Dixon, the post is funded by the BBSRC strategic Longer and Larger grant “Rules of life in CO2-driven microbial communities: Microbiome engineering for a Net Zero future”. This project is led by Professor Sophie Nixon at the University of Manchester, in...