School of Veterinary Medicine

Location:      Guildford
Salary:      £32,236 to £36,261 per annum
Fixed Term
Post Type:      Full Time
Closing Date:      Friday 26 April 2019
Interview Date:      Wednesday 08 May 2019

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral Research Fellow post in equine intestinal metagenomics. A four-year, longitudinal study of the development of gut microbiota in Thoroughbred racehorses is underway that has already established a unique dataset of samples and metadata. This post is to provide dedicated bioinformatics and data analysis expertise in order to integrate and interrogate bacterial community profile data, immunological and health outcomes data. The post holder will be primarily responsible for data analysis, data presentation and writing high quality scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

The post is based in the Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Surrey, within the new School of Veterinary Medicine in Guildford, Surrey. You will be part of a vibrant, inter-disciplinary research environment with a strong international reputation. The Department has a critical mass of expertise and funded research projects investigating many aspects of animal intestinal microbiota. This is a fixed term post for a duration of 30 months.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in gut microbiome research and preferably experience of working on previous projects in this field. Competency and creativity in multi-variable data analysis will be very useful in this role. A scientist with well-developed scientific writing skills is sought in order to deliver the required publications from this project in a timely fashion.

In addition to your salary you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement, relocation assistance where appropriate, attractive research environments, the latest teaching facilities, and access to a variety of staff development opportunities. Furthermore, our benefit packages include pension and childcare assistance.

The University of Surrey is located on a beautiful, leafy campus in Guildford, just 30 miles from London and benefits from excellent rail and road connections.

For an informal discussion or further details, please contact:

Either Professor Chris Proudman – c.proudman@surrey.ac.uk

Or

Professor Roberto La Ragione – r.laragione@surrey.ac.uk

Please note, it is University Policy to offer a starting salary equivalent to L3.6 (£31,302) per annum (full time) to successful applicants which have been awarded, but are yet to receive their PhD certificate. Once the verified original PhD certificate has been submitted to the local HR Dept, the salary will be increased to L4.1 (£32,236) per annum (full time).

For more information and to apply online, please download the further details and click on the 'apply online' button above.

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