Research Fellow

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974. Grade 7 

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to October 2026 

Closes: 16^th October 2023

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of researchers from University of Birmingham, Queen’s University Belfast, and University of Warwick, taking a multidimensional approach to uncover the role of membrane renovation in the intracellular survival of Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) pathogens in human immune cells. This post is funded by BBSRC and is based at University of Birmingham under the supervision of Professor Yin Chen, but will work closely with Prof Miguel Valvano at Queen’s University Belfast and Prof David Scanlan and Ioannis Nezis at University of Warwick. 

The research will be based in the microbiology theme within the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham. The School of Biosciences has > 45 research groups working on various aspects of microbial sciences and human diseases. The candidate will have the opportunity to assist with supervision of postgraduate students and undergraduate students.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform molecular genetics and generate mutants in BCC bacteria.
• Perform infection assays in selective insect models and human/murine tissue cultures.
• Perform high resolution imaging analyses using confocal microscopy.
• Take a leading role in producing project progress reports and writing of research manuscripts. 

Qualifications and Experience

• PhD (or near to completion) on microbial pathogens/cell biology
• Previous experience in western blot and confocal microscopy is essential.

Informal enquires to Robert Jackson r.w.jackson@bham.ac.uk

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