英國埃克塞特大學健康與生命科學學院2025年博士后招聘（真菌細胞壁研究）

Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow in Fungal Cell Wall Research

University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Location:Exeter

Salary:The starting salary will be from £34,132 on Grade E for the Associate level role, or from £42,882 on Grade F for the Fellow level role, depending on qualifications and experience.

Hours:Full Time

Contract Type:Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On:29th May 2025

Closes:30th June 2025

Job Ref:Q05626

This new full-time post is available from 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2028 on a fixed term basis.

This role may be subject to additional background screening.

The post

The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow (depending on skills and experience) to join the newly established team of Prof. Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann. Prof LeibundGut-Landmann’s team focuses on understanding the causative role of the skin commensal yeast Malassezia in atopic dermatitis (eczema),(For more postdoctoral recruitment information, visit:boshihoujob.com) a very common chronic-relapsing pruritic skin disease. The multidisciplinary project is part of an MRC research programme in collaboration with Profs. Neil Gow (CMM), Helen Alexander and Carsten Flohr (both King’s College London) at the intersection of medical mycology, dermatology and allergology. Successful applicants will be responsible for characterizing the Malassezia-host interaction interface and to identify the immune targets in the fungal wall by means of fractionation and visualization approaches, by mutagenesis of genetically tractable reference strains.

About you

PDRA:

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (or nearing completion) in biological sciences or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will have experience in fungal biology, glycobiology, immunofluorescence and/or fungal mutagenesis, experience in immunofluorescence and/or electron microscopy and flow cytometry are an asset. You are expected to work collaboratively across disciplines of microbiology and immunology and think “outside of the box”.

PDRF:

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD/DPhil in biological sciences and experience in fungal biology, glycobiology, immunofluorescence and/or fungal mutagenesis, experience in immunofluorescence and/or electron microscopy and flow cytometry are an asset.

You are expected to work collaboratively across disciplines of microbiology and immunology and think “outside of the box”. In addition, you will provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group and assist in research communication, including manuscript writing, conference attendance, and outreach activities.

You are expected to manage your own research project independently. You should have strong organisational skills and proven ability to communicate experimental data effectively to scientists from a range of disciplines.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

For further information please contact Prof. Salomé Leibundgut (S.LeibundGut-Landmann@exeter.ac.uk).

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