Back to search results

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Location: Exeter
Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,482 on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 10th July 2025
Closes: 24th July 2025
Job Ref: Q06750

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences  

The post 

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Graduate Research Assistant to support the work of Dr. Sandra Catania. This MRC funded post is available from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. The successful applicant will join the Catania lab to investigate the role of chromatin modification in the adaptation and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. 

As part of this post, you will play an important role in supporting the academic team in the day-to-day running of the laboratory and in delivering core research activities. Your responsibilities will include assistance with molecular biology techniques such as PCR, cloning, nucleic acid extraction and creation of C. neoformans mutants. You will also contribute to experimental work including growth assays, phenotypic screening, and fluorescence microscopy, as well as ensure accurate maintenance of laboratory records, inventories, and equipment.  

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role. 

What we can offer you 

  • Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research; 
  • Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly  
  • An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development 
  • Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career 
  • A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy 
  • A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon 

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. 

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.   

Further information 

For further information please contact Dr. Sandra Catania, e-mail s.catania@exeter.ac.uk   

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs from University of Exeter

Show all jobs for this employer …

More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge