July 2013: Postdoctoral fellowship: Landscape genetics of enterobacteria in western Kenya

Mar 25, 2015 | Past opportunities

This opportunity is no longer open for applications.  Thanks for your interest.

The Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution (CIIE) in Edinburgh is looking to attract dynamic and enthusiastic researchers, eager to operate at the interface between disciplines (e.g. infection biology, immunology, evolutionary biology, ecology, epidemiology and mathematical modelling) to create new research paradigms to tackle infectious diseases. To promote this, CIIE is offering two interdisciplinary research fellowships of two years' duration, with the intention of providing a springboard for independent fellowship applications. Fellowships can be linked to, or combine, existing scientific areas within the Centre, though applicants with their own research projects within the remit of the Centre are also welcome.

CIIE is hosted within the Institute for Immunology and Infection Research and Institute for Evolutionary Biology, these being part of the ‘Edinburgh Infectious Disease’ research community, one of the largest groups of infection biologists world-wide.  Together with our host Institutes, we will also welcome inquiries from researchers holding, or interested in applying for, externally-funded independent research fellowships in the area of interdisciplinary infection research.

A collaboration between the Edinburgh Epigroup (Prof Mark Woolhouse, CIIE) and the Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases group (Prof. Eric Fevre, University of Liverpool) has created a potential fellowship opportunity within CIIE entitled: Landscape genetics of enterobacteria in western Kenya, which would combine epidemiological, statistical and phylogenetic skills to understand zoonotic bacterial transmission and diversity in the small-holder livestock keeper system in western Kenya.

Application should be made via the University of Edinburgh website (vacancy ref no 016064), and are open to candidates of all nationalities.

Person specification  - The successful Fellow will hold, or expect to hold, a PhD qualification, will have a good publication record and the ability to design and lead an interdisciplinary research programme in collaboration with others.
The Fellow will have experience relevant to the job profile. The Fellow will be expected to develop, and apply, for external Fellowship funding to continue their work at the Centre, although limited extension funding may be available for strategically important projects from within Centre resources.

Job Context and any other relevant information - The Wellcome Trust-funded Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution (CIIE) has become a major centre for interdisciplinary research into infectious disease since its inception in 2008. This thriving Centre is now looking to attract dynamic and enthusiastic researchers, eager to operate at the interface between disciplines (e.g. infection biology, immunology, evolutionary biology, ecology, epidemiology and mathematical modelling) to create new research paradigms to tackle infectious diseases. CIIE is hosted within the Institute for Immunology and Infection Research (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/biology/immunology-infection) and Institute for Evolutionary Biology (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/biology/evolutionary-biology), these being part of the ‘Edinburgh Infectious Disease’ research community, one of the largest groups of infection biologists world-wide.
As part of our development, and with funding support from the Wellcome Trust, we have launched a Fellowship Programme with 6 2-year Research Fellowships. We are now seeking to fill the final two 2-year Fellowships.

Informal enquiries may also be made to the Centre Director, Professor Keith Matthews (keith.matthews AT ed.ac.uk - replace AT with @).

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The Zoonotic and Emerging Disease group studies a range of epidemiological issues revolving around the domestic livestock, wildlife and human interface

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