Postdoctoral Research Associate: Mathematical modelling of cell fate decisions and morphogenesis

A full-time Postdoctoral position in mathematical modelling is available in the Liverpool Development and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, headed by principal investigator Dr David Turner in the Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science at the University of Liverpool. This exciting 24-month multidisciplinary project, funded by the BBSRC, and in collaboration with Dr Berta Verd, an Associate Professor in Computational and Theoretical Biology in Oxford, aims to use mathematical modelling to understand cell fate allocation and the formation of the midline during early mammalian embryogenesis.

You should have a PhD in either applied mathematics, computational biology or related quantitative disciplines, that can be applied to modelling cell fate decisions and morphogenesis in 2D/3D organoids. Dynamical systems theory and agent-based model formulations are likely to be used. Experience in working with biologists and quantitative data to develop testable models of biological systems is desirable. You will work closely with experimental biologists to iteratively integrate the quantitative data we generate from gastruloids (a novel 3D embryonic stem cell model system we developed that can be used to probe midline formation) with a new mathematical model of the system to generate testable predictions and infer new biology.

This post is available from 5 February 2024 until 4 February 2026.

Any applicants who are still awaiting their PhD to be awarded should be aware that if successful, they will be appointed at grade 6, spine point 30.  Upon written confirmation that they have been successful in being awarded their PhD, they will be moved onto grade 7, spine point 31 from the date of their award. 

The University has the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received