Research Assistant / Research Associate at University of Glasgow

This post is full time and has funding for up to 55 months.

Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.

We have an opportunity for a Research Assistant/Associate to join the School of Infection and Immunity, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) (http://www.cvr.ac.uk/) to make a contribution to/make a leading contribution to a core-funded Research Programme at the CVR on Virus Cross Species Transmission, working with Professor Daniel Streicker and Professor Pablo Murcia. The post holder will develop and validate quantitative models which seek to understand human and livestock susceptibility to novel viral infections. Main projects will include characterising and contrasting the ‘viral antibody landscape’ in ecologically connected wildlife, livestock and human populations, analyzing large host-virus genomic datasets to develop machine learning models predicting viral host range with a focus on domestic animals, and developing Bayesian and/or machine learning models to explain outcomes from a large panel of cross-neutralization assays to understand how antibodies derived from infection by or vaccination to related viruses might constitute a barrier to the emergence of novel viruses. The successful candidate will also contribute to the in silico design of highly of multiplexed serological assays using Phage ImmunoPrecipitation Sequencing (PhIP-Seq) and to the design of cross-neutralization experiments using pseudotype viruses. 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 the project as opportunities allow.

For appointment at Grade 7, the successful candidate will require a Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) qualification.  We would also expect a  comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of current issues and future directions within the wider subject areas of emerging viruses and a sufficient depth of relevant research experience, normally including some postdoctoral experience in a related field, appropriate to an early career researcher.

For further information, please contact Professor Prof Daniel Streicker (Daniel.Streicker@glasgow.ac.uk).

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