"Research Associate (Fixed Term)"

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 6 years in the first instance.

A Post-Doctoral Research Associate position is available in the group of Professor Sir David Klenerman, in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry from October 2025.

This is a collaborative project with Professor Clare Bryant in Clinical Medicine and aims to image and characterise the signalling complexes formed in macrophage following the triggering of Toll-like receptors by a range of different agonists.

Candidates should have (or be about to obtain) a PhD in biophysics or chemistry and experience of working with macrophage, innate immunity and single molecule imaging in cells is essential.

Appointment at the Research Associate level is dependent on the award of a PhD. Those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD will be appointed at the Research Assistant level, which will be amended to Research Associate once the award of the PhD has been confirmed.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), a covering letter and include a publications list in the upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents that have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Inquiries about this post should be addressed to Professor Sir David Klenerman dk10012@cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference MA47249 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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