Research Assistant / Associate

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate to work within the School of Infection and Immunity under the supervision of Professor Gwo-tzer Ho [Principal Investigator].

This post forms the exciting new Gut Translational Research Group led by Professor Ho in the School of Infection and Immunity – a strong team of immunologists and translational scientists. This project will focus on the role on the immunobiology of gut repair and regeneration in the human Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

The project: The Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis are lifelong immune-conditions that affect ~300 000 individuals in UK. As part of a wider strategy to develop a deep human experimental medicines platform, this project aims to mainly focus on using novel human in vitro platforms using IBD gut stem cells, epithelial and immune cells in a more complex co-culture settings to study IBD-specific mechanisms and patient-centric outcomes such as fatigue and wellbeing. This study has a strong discovery science component and will employ significant multi-omic datasets available from our current IBD projects and requires the postholder to work closely in a multidisciplinary team of immunologists, clinical researchers and data scientists.  In this project, the postholder will focus on mitochondria and immunometabolism, as translational pathways for IBD.

The postholder is expected to have a combination of good lab experience and, experience in molecular data handling (single-cell and spatial biology).

This post will offer career development opportunities and working at the academic-industrial interphase. The postholder is expected to contribute to the formulation and submission of reports, research publications and research proposals as well as help manage and direct this exciting project as opportunities allow.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Gwo-tzer Ho Gwo-Tzer.Ho@glasgow.ac.uk

This post is full time and fixed term for up to 3 years from start date.

To apply online at: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-assistant-slash-associate-51

Closing Date: 3 December 2025

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/ 

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