Research Fellow in BioSciences -Sutherland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8ST, GB
Salary: 41,064 - 46,049Work hours: Office Hours Monday to Friday, Full TimeJob Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will support the Principal Investigator, Dr Clara Ferreira, in delivery of research activity on the BBSRC-funded project SoBe SOcial modulation of defence BEhaviours, which uses Drosophila melanogaster to uncover the neurobiological basis of the 'safety in numbers' effect.You will lead a strand of the projects research programme, combining behavioural, neurogenetic and in vivo imaging approaches, with the opportunity to train in specialist imaging techniques alongside an international collaborating laboratory. You will contribute your own ideas to the wider project, have the opportunity to co-supervise students within the team, where applicable, and contribute to the laboratorys development.
Please note this is a fixed term contract up to September 2031.
ABOUT THE TEAM




This Research Project is being delivered within the School ofGeography and Natural Sciences, part of the Faculty of Science and Environment. You will join Assistant Professor Clara Ferreiras research group, funded by a BBSRC New Investigator award, joining two PhD students and an RA, and working in close collaboration with Associate Professor Wolf Huetteroth's fly research group.
ABOUT YOU
Applicants should hold aPhD (or be close to completion) in Neuroscience or related discipline.
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds (including those with prior experience in biological or biomedical fields such as neuroscience, genetics, evolution, ecology, ethology, computational/quantitative biology or invertebrate biology) who are keen to apply their skills to this system, together with experience in one or more of: optogenetics, functional imaging, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, behavioural analysis or computational modelling.
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🏢 Northumbria University Newcastle
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