Post-doctoral Researcher in Salmon Immunology and Vaccination at The University of Edinburgh

Full-time: 35 hours per week 

Fixed-term: 3 years

A post-doctoral researcher position is available within a BBSRC project called “Drivers of salmon robustness”. This long-term Partnership with Mowi Scotland aims to make breakthrough scientific advances that will be applied in practice to enhance fish robustness and reduce mortality levels in Scottish Atlantic salmon farming. The position will take a lead role in investigating the effect of rearing temperature on immune system development and function, as well as efficacy of current vaccination strategies to protect salmon against its most pressing diseases.

This post will be based primarily on campus at the Roslin Institute; considering the heavy hands-on laboratory work as well as vaccination and challenge trials foreseen in the project, we are open to considering flexible working patterns (on a contractual basis) but expect that the majority of the work will include regular on-campus working.

For informal enquiries, please get in touch with Professor Maria Forlenza (mforlenz@ed.ac.uk)

Your skills and attributes for success:

• PhD, or near to completing a PhD, in fish immunology and/or vaccination
• Demonstrated experience and broad knowledge in fish/animal immunology and/or vaccination
• Experience in functional genomics, especially in single cell omics analysis 
• Proven skills in state-of-the art molecular and/or cellular techniques relevant to measure immune responses and correlates of protection to vaccination (in salmon)
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications in relevant area
• Track record of disseminating findings in relevant research area, including by presenting at major conferences
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills