Job reference: BMH-029648
Salary: £37,694 to £39,906 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Division of Evolution, Infection & Genomics
Hours Per Week: Full Time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/09/2025
Contract Duration: For 3 years
School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences

Job Description

The Coyte Lab group within the Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics wishes to appoint a Research Associate to an exciting project exploring the interplay between the mammalian immune system and gut microbiome, funded by an 8-year Wellcome CDA in collaboration with Prof. Matthew Hepworth.

During this position, the post-holder will design and lead bioinformatic analyses of large-scale longitudinal datasets charting microbiome and immune dynamics already gathered by the research team. There will be considerable flexibility in research direction.

The postholder will join a dynamic lab group with access to state-of-the-art lab and computational facilities and be a member of the MERMan research cluster of more than 100 researchers working in microbial ecology and evolution.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Blended working arrangements may be considered

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Katharine Coyte

Email: Katharine.coyte@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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