Jobs

Postdoc jobs at the University of Manchester

As part of a recently funded Wellcome Trust Career Development Award, Dr Juan Quintana will soon be recruiting 1-2 postdoctoral researchers with a background in neuroscience keen to incorporate immunology into their research. The ideal candidate(s) will have a strong background in basic neurobiology (e.g,. cranial surgeries, optogenetics/chemogenetics, and/or electrophysiology), and ideally experience in sleep biology (and/or circadian behaviour), hypothalamus biology, metabolism, and/or imaging.

The candidate will integrate into a recently established group working interdisciplinarily across the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunity and Inflammation and the Geoffrey Jefferson Centre for Brain Research. 

These posts may entail some international visits to collaborators at the University of Oslo and Standford University and the postholder will also have the chance to collaborate with clinical partners at the NHS and the UK Biobank.

Interested candidates with competitive CVs will also be supported to apply for postdoctoral fellowship programmes. Please email juan.quintana@manchester.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

Several postdoc jobs at University of Galway

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for 50 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellows (PFs). 35+ positions are available in Call 3 at CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices. All projects have an immunoengineering focus, but there are two opportunities two work on multiple sclerosis:

MS Research Group: Using immuno-engineering approaches that exploit MS-on-a-chip, ex vivo & point-of-care platform technologies, Dr Una FitzGerald’s lab is developing multi-modal, disease-modifying, tuneable and biomaterials-based devices. 

Abhay Pandit's Project: The group has recently mapped out the N-Glycome of Multiple Sclerosis in a stratified population of patients. This data needs to be analysed and mapped out to the stratified targets. Validation also needs to be conducted along with the analysis of the transcriptome.

• Positions are available for 36 months full-time from April 2025 onwards.
• There are two salary levels -one for new postdocs -the viva doesn’t have to have happened – but should be soon.
• Deadline Monday 21st October 2024 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

Dr Rebecca Jordan's group is looking for a motivated postdoctoral researcher to conduct basic research into sensorimotor plasticity in the visual cortex of mice, by utilizing virtual reality systems alongside in vivo whole cell recordings, plasticity paradigms, imaging, and/or optogenetics. The research forms part of an ERC funded project ‘Learn2predict’.

• UE07, full-time, fixed-term 2 years in the first instance with possibility of extension
• Deadline Thursday 31st October 2024

College for Life Sciences Fellowships

This is a junior programme of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study. It offers early career researchers in the life/natural sciences, medicine, and psychology an opportunity to take a break from the lab and clinic. Fellows will gain time to think and develop their own projects and immerse themselves in the intellectually and culturally diverse environment of the Wissenschaftskolleg. 

Fellows of the College for Life Sciences are invited to become part of this “learning community”. The goal is to promote a kind of science that transcends disciplinary boundaries and goes beyond established issues and approaches.

• The fellowships are intended for residencies of 3 to 5 months during the academic year 2025/26, from September 2025 to July 2026.  
• Full stipend based on your previous salary  and accommodation on campus  
• Please apply by Friday 1st November 2024 with a project outline (about 1000 words), a letter stating your motivation for wishing to obtain a fellowship (about 500 words), your complete curriculum vitae, and a list of your publications here

You can also check the University of Edinburgh jobs vacancy website.