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All vacancies within Department of Biology
There are currently 5 vacancies within Department of Biology:
| Title | Closes | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | June 16, 2025, noon | Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary Developmental Biology | June 16, 2025, noon | Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum |
| Research Technician | June 23, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 5: £31,459 - £36,616 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | June 25, 2025, noon | Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £41,997 p.a |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | July 4, 2025, noon | Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum |
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Closes: June 16, 2025, noon; salary: Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913
<div> <p></p><div>The Department of Biology is seeking to recruit 2 Postdoctoral Research Associates for 2 years. These posts are financially supported by the UKRI through the Frontier Guarantee Programme to Dr Jani R Bolla. The work is to be conducted in his lab in the Department Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB. The postholders will support ongoing research that aims to unravel the molecular architecture of the chloroplast’s beta-barrel protein assembly machinery using structural tools.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>One of the posts will be focusing primarily on structural analysis of protein complexes and will best suit a candidate with a PhD and relevant experience in protein biochemistry and structural biology, specifically cryo-EM/ET.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The second post will focus primarily on mass spectrometry analysis and will best suit a candidate with a PhD and relevant experience in molecular/plant biology and mass spectrometry.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You must work as part of a team, be willing to learn new methods and skills and have excellent communication skills. See the job description for the full list of selection criteria.</div><br> <div>Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Jani R Bolla (jani.bolla@biology.ox.ac.uk).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Applications for this vacancy are to be made online, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application please indicate which of the posts you are interested in.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your supporting statement.</div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The posts are full-time for a period of 24 months.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 16th June 2025, interviews are likely to be scheduled late June.</div> </div>Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Closes: June 16, 2025, noon; salary: Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>We are currently seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our dynamic group at the Department of Biology. The Verd lab is interested in the diversity of biological form, how it is generated and how it evolves. In particular we focus on the evolution and evolvability of vertebral counts, and we use various species of Lake Malawi cichlids as our model organism. To address these questions, we combine a series of interdisciplinary approaches ranging from experimental embryology and fluorescent microscopy to mathematical modelling. The lab is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will manage your own academic research and administrative activities. This involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. You will adapt existing and develop new research methodologies and materials.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will hold, or be close to completion of a, relevant PhD. Experience in vertebrate experimental embryology (preferably in teleost fishes) and confocal microscopy is essential. The role requires the generation of transgenic reporter lines and any experience with gene editing will be valued. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings is a must.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your supporting statement.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This post is full time and available immediately for 2 years in the first instance.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 16 June 2025, interviews are likely to be scheduled for late June 2025. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.</div> </div>Research Technician
Closes: June 23, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 5: £31,459 - £36,616
<div> <p></p><div>We are seeking a Research technician to join the Biology Department and provide research support to the Fitz-James Lab and the Animal Vibration Lab. Responsibilities of the post include maintaining live animal stocks as well as conducting molecular biology experiments to advance larger research projects. This may include DNA/RNA extraction, PCR & agarose gel electrophoresis, chromatin techniques such as Cut&Run, sequencing library preparation and creating recombinant DNA (cloning). Further details of the research projects can be found on the labs’ respective websites:</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fitzjameslab.web.ox.ac.uk/">https://fitzjameslab.web.ox.ac.uk/</a></div><br> <div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://animalvibration.web.ox.ac.uk/">https://animalvibration.web.ox.ac.uk/ </a></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will be educated to at least A-level or equivalent qualification in science or experience of working in a laboratory environment. You must be willing to work with a variety of animal models. The work will primarily involve spiders, locusts and fruit flies however you may be called upon to work with other organisms including vertebrates (birds, fish…). Previous experience working with insect or arachnid models is desirable but not required. However, good communication skills, organization, interpersonal skills and record-keeping are essential.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This post is full time (although applications to work >60% of full time are welcome) and available from 1 September 2025.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 23 June 2025, interviews are likely to be scheduled for early July 2025. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div> </div>Postdoctoral Research Associate
Closes: June 25, 2025, noon; salary: Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £41,997 p.a
<div> <p></p><div>Current conceptual frameworks for antigenically diverse pathogens either ignore or dismiss the existence of protective epitopes of limited variability, with most efforts to make “universal” vaccines being focused on artificially trying to establish potent responses to conserved epitopes.  This is based on the dogma that all epitopes under strong immune selection are inevitably highly variable. Our research group has shown, by contrast, that the dynamics of antigenically diverse pathogens is driven by naturally acquired immunity against epitopes of limited variability (ELV), thereby opening up the possibility of making “universal” vaccines by targeting these epitopes.</div><br> <div>We have validated this methodology for the influenza virus (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06228-8) and the technology has been patented and licensed.  We are currently seeking to apply such a pipeline to other important antigenically diverse pathogens thereby identifying vaccine candidates of limited variability but high potency to protect against the associated infectious diseases and potential pandemic threats. The focus of this project is to explore the possibility of using this methodology to develop a pan-corona virus vaccine in readiness for future coronavirus pandemics.  You will be expected to to carry out experimental work, including studies animal studies, to explore the potential of candidates identified in-silico to serve as components of such a vaccine, as well as to assist eventually with the design of the vaccine itself and liaise with appropriate partners to conduct clinical trials.    </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div>This post is full time with a start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.</div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 25th June , interviews are likely to be scheduled for July.</div> </div>Postdoctoral Research Associate
Closes: July 4, 2025, noon; salary: Research Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
<div> <p></p><div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div>Comparative genomics, and specifically our ability to identify which genes are related in different species, has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. It enables us to reconstruct the tree-of-life on Earth, it allows us to reveal how biological function has evolved and is distributed on this tree, and it is the foundation that enables us to use model organisms to study health and disease. Accordingly, almost all of contemporary biological science research is critically dependent on our ability to identify which genes are related in different species.  The Kelly lab has developed the OrthoFinder comparative genomic methods. OrthoFinder has become widely-used in comparative genomics research, it powers many popular databases of online genomic information, and has enabled and been cited by over 6,000 studies in the last five years.  The Kelly lab is looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the OrthoFinder project.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div>The successful applicant will be responsible for developing and implementing additional functionality in the OrthoFinder method. Specifically, the successful applicant will focus on improving the usability and accessibility of the method to enhance user ability to perform analyses in comparative genomics, enable new analyses, and gain new evolutionary insights from data generated using OrthoFinder. The successful applicant should have prior experience in data analysis, data visualization, and preferably the development of interactive web-applications through approaches such as Bokeh, Shiny, Taipy, Streamlit etc. The successful applicant should be motivated and excited by the opportunity to help advance the capabilities of comparative genomic research community, and to use these tools to make new discoveries.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>How to apply</strong></div><br> <div>The Kelly lab welcomes individuals with diverse career backgrounds – PhD-level scientists in any discipline with expertise in data and programming, or software engineers outside of academia looking to change career to biological research are particularly welcome to apply.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your supporting statement.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This post is full-time and fixed term for 3 years.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The role closes on Friday 4th July 2025 at 12 noon and interviews will be scheduled for mid to late July.</div> </div>