An exciting opportunity is available for an outstanding Research Scientist to join the Webber group at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park in the UK, to contribute to fundamental research into bacterial biofilms.

The role:

This project will use various biofilm models to investigate bacterial survival, gene exchange and gene expression at single cell and population levels. The project aims to understand how biofilms respond to stress and will exploit state of the art facilities for microbiology, genomics, and microscopy to understand bacterial behaviour and mechanisms of resistance. Work will focus on enteric pathogens including but not necessarily limited to Salmonella and E. coli. QIB and the Webber group will provide you with a stimulating, multidisciplinary training environment that will assist you in your successful scientific development.

The ideal candidate:

Candidates are expected to have a PhD in a relevant subject area (e.g. Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry). They will have knowledge of and hands on experience with molecular genetics and working with bacterial pathogens. Knowledge and skills with single cell analysis of bacterial populations, genome sequencing and/or bioinformatics are desirable.

Additional information:

Salary on appointment will be within the range £32,578 to £39,938 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

This is a maternity cover contract expected to last for 12 months, this may be shorter or longer depending when the absent employee returns to work.

Informal enquiries can be made to mark.webber@quadram.ac.uk.

Interviews will be held on 24th March 2022, with an anticipated start date in May 2022.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website https://jobs.quadram.ac.uk or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450462 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1004195.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sectors of society.  The Institute supports equality of opportunity within the workplace and expects all employees to share and display these values.  To support our commitment, we have a range of family, faith and diversity friendly working arrangements to help all staff achieve excellence in their area of work.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.

About the Quadram Institute:

The Quadram Institute is a new interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to understanding how food and microbes interact to promote health and prevent disease. Its mission is to deliver healthier lives through innovation in gut health, microbiology and food. A partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and BBSRC, it brings together scientists and clinicians in a state-of-the-art building on the Norwich Research Park. This is one of Europe’s largest centres of life sciences and home of the John Innes Centre and The Earlham Institute. (https://quadram.ac.uk/).

The closing date for applications will be 11 March 2022.

The Quadram Institute Bioscience is a registered charity (No. 1058499) and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.