Senior Researcher

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: 12 months

The Opportunity:

The Hardwick (https://biology.ed.ac.uk/hardwick) and Jeyaprakash (https://biology.ed.ac.uk/jeyaprakash) groups at the University of Edinburgh and the Sanyal (https://molecularmycologylab.wixsite.com/kaustuv) group at JNCASR, Bengaluru, have received significant funding to study non-canonical mechanisms of genome transmission in the human fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans. We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scientist to join our interactive research programme. 

You will study mechanics and regulation of cell division and chromosome segregation, including fascinating aspects of both polyploidy and aneuploidy, using a range microscopy techniques, including live-cell, expansion microscopy and electron microscopy.

For an overview of our recent research see: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011552; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011302; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado8270; https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-024-00183-w; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56876-w; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.21.508923. Research in the Institute of Cell Biology is directed towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underpin genomic and cellular structure and function.  It consists of around 36 research groups, including the newly formed Centre for Cell Biology and the Discovery Research Platform. Our programme is funded by the Wellcome Trust for a period of 8 years.

This senior researcher position in the Hardwick group is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

Your skills and attributes for success should include both a PhD and significant post-doctoral experience and publications in:

• fungal pathogen biology, including CRISPR-mediated genome engineering 
• live-cell imaging 
• use of super-resolution and expansion microscopy
• use of electron microscopy. 

Apply Before: 14/10/2025, 23:59

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