Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Job reference: P50321

Date posted: 09/01/2017

Application closing date:19/01/2017

Location: Cornwall

Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,943 up to £41,709 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

Package: Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type: Academic

Job description: College of Life and Environmental Sciences

Biosciences

The University of Exeter is a Russell Group University in the top one percent of institutions globally. In the last few years we have invested strategically to deliver more than GBP 350 million worth of new facilities across our campuses with plans for significant further investment over the next three to five years.

The College wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in a high profile ERC funded project entitled 'Understanding and exploiting the P450 insect resistome'. This post is available from March 2017 until December 2020. The fellow will be based in the Bass lab and be part of a thriving group comprising several PhD students, post-doctoral research fellows and technicians.

The successful applicant will design and carry out experiments to investigate the evolution of insect resistance to xenobiotics. A range of state-of-the-art molecular and bioinformatic approaches will be used including analysis of next-gen sequencing data, PCR, QPCR, in vitro andin vivo expression of candidate genes and biochemical assays. The post-holder will also contribute to other activities in the Bass lab and act as the day-to-day line manager of a 0.6 FTE technician. 

The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, manuscripts, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds, and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in the field of insect molecular biology and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants should have experience in the majority of approaches detailed above.

For further information please contact Professor Chris Bass, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Interviews are expected to take place on 25 January 2017.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification document please click here .