The College of Life and Environmental Sciences
This full time post is available immediately on a fixed term basis until 31 August 2025.
The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) at the University of Exeter is a world-leading research centre that is helping to tackle the major global threats to human health caused by fungal diseases. The Centre brings together researchers from the fields of medicine and living systems, and the biological, chemical, physical and mathematical sciences. Its mission is to facilitate pioneering cross-disciplinary research to substantially advance our understanding of life-threatening fungal infections. These advances will impact patient lives through improved prevention, diagnosis and treatments
The post
The College is seeking to appoint an exceptional Early Career researcher who will be awarded an independent four-year Fellowship within the MRC CMM at the University of Exeter. This Fellowship is aimed at newly qualified postdoctoral researchers with the aim of attracting exceptional individuals to develop an early independent research career in medical mycology. The Fellowship covers salary and comes with a generous consumable budget (up to £20k per annum).
This post will focus specifically on Bioinformatics, complementing that of Dr. Rhys Farrer’s team (http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/index.php?web_id=Rhys_Farrer ), and we are looking for an individual with an interest in exploiting ‘omics’ approaches to address the host or the host-pathogen interface.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop their own independent research programme in collaboration with our MRC CMM PIs (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycology/team/ ); write up work for publication; identify sources of research funding; present their work at conferences; and contribute to the activities of the Centre (e.g. research, outreach and teaching). The primary role will be to execute their own project successfully and publish the resultant outputs, with the ultimate aim of applying for a subsequent personal independent fellowship.
About you
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, 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 must have recently completed their PhD (with a maximum of three years post-doctoral experience). They will have a proven ability to work independently on a cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary scientific research project, whilst collaborating effectively to help other members of a team, with sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification avaiable on our website for full details of this role.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces
Further information
For further information and enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] .
The closing date for completed applications is 1 December 2021. Interviews are expected to take place early January.
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