"Research Assistant/Associate"

The School of Biodiversity One Health & Vet Medicine is looking for a Research Assistant / Associate to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. This innovative NSF/BBSRC-funded project uses foot-and-mouth-disease virus (FMDV) in African buffalo as a model to understand how phenotypic variation within virus species can explain the spread, persistence, and co-existence of viral variants. Your role will be to process virus sequence data and to contribute phylodynamic analyses and models to test how variation among variants scales up to structure viral diversity at the landscape scale, working closely with collaborators at the U Warwick (mathematical modelling) and Pirbright (virology) in the UK as well as collaborators in the USA and South Africa. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals as well as help manage and direct this complex and challenging project.

To be considered for an appointment at Grade 7, you must be able to perform the duties as listed for a Research Assistant position with a higher degree of independence, leadership, and responsibility, particularly in relation to planning, funding, collaborating and publishing research, and mentoring colleagues.

This post is full time, and has funding for up to 24 months, with the possibility of a further 12 month extension.

Location: Glasgow

Salary: Grade 6/7, £33,951 - £37,694 / £41,064 - £46,049 per annum

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 4th November 2025

Closes: 2nd December 2025

Job Ref: 185853

For informal enquiries or further information about the position, please contact Professor Roman Biek (Roman.Biek@glasgow.ac.uk)

For more information about the larger project see:

gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB/X006085/1

vetmed.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/fy-2023-research-highlights

For more information on the University of Glasgow’s School of Biodiversity One Health & Vet Medicine, please visit:

www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm