Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Host/Pathogen Interactions at King’s College London

Location: Guy’s Campus

Contact details: Stuart Neil. stuart.neil@kcl.ac.uk

Job Description

The biology of microorganisms and viruses both as infectious agents and as contributors to the effects of the microbiome in general health and disease are important research interests across the Health Faculties and clinical affiliates at King’s College London.  The Department of Infectious Disease is situated within the multidisciplinary School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences and has strong links with clinical affiliates in Infection at St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College Hospital, as well as other research interests related to microbiology across the KCL Health Faculties. The Department has a strong foundation in the immunopathogenesis of viruses and bacteria and we wish to expand this research portfolio in diverse areas of host/microbe interactions.

The Department of Infectious Disease seeks a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease to establish an independent programme of basic discovery or translational research in microbe-host or virus-host interactions. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the pathogenesis of respiratory, enteric or blood-borne bacterial or viral pathogens, metagenomic identification of new infectious agents, the manipulation of immune responses by microbes, and the development of novel therapeutics or vaccines. The post-holder will also have the opportunity to develop links with department-affiliated clinical colleagues to tackle unsolved problems associated with bacterial infection or dysregulation of bacterial/host interactions in a hospital setting. The successful candidate will have an internationally competitive track record of achievement in the biology or pathogenesis of infectious agents. As an academic appointment, the successful post-holder will also have a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and will be expected to contribute to existing taught programmes in the Department as well as being involved in establishing and leading new teaching initiatives in microbial sciences.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is full time post – 100% full time equivalent.