Research Technician

We are recruiting a Research Technician to carry out laboratory research as part of a project investigating the ecological and evolutionary legacy of extreme climatic events for the resilience of rainforest food webs. Motivated by the need to understand the consequences of climate change for high-biodiversity ecosystems, we are investigating the effects of heat waves on networks of interacting species using a special study system: communities of fruit flies and the parasitic wasps that consume them. This work builds on a successful collaboration with teams at James Cook University (Australia), University College London and the Czech Academy of Sciences. A  summary of the project is available on the website of the funder, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

You will be responsible for carrying out laboratory work as part of the project, based at the Department of Biology’s John Krebs Research Station at Wytham, and potentially also at the new Life and Mind Building in Central Oxford. Full training will be given in project-specific protocols, but the successful candidate will have experience of laboratory techniques in molecular biology such as DNA extraction, amplification using PCR, and gel electrophoresis.

The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

This post is available immediately and is full time until 31 December 2025. Applications to work a minimum of 80% (29.2 hours per week) are also welcome.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 27 June 2025 and interviews are likely to be scheduled for early July 2025.

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