Postdoc – Developmental Neuroscience meets metabolism

We are looking for a new team member to explore how metabolism instructs nervous system development during the CriticalPeriod plasticity window in Drosophila. This is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between the groups led by Matthias Landgraf at (University ofCambridge) and Marco Sciacovelli (University of Liverpool), funded by the BBSRC. The project builds on recent publications (e.g.Sobrido-Cameán et al., 2025).

If you are interested in neuroscience and would like to discover how metabolism intersects with nervous system development, then get in touch. While primarily a “wet-lab” position, you should be comfortable with some bioinformatics analyses and data science of omics data.

We value creativity, interdisciplinarity, curiosity, collaboration and inclusiveness. We offer a supportive, team-oriented research environment with opportunities for cutting-edge techniques and for addressing fundamental questions about how appropriate function emerges during late stages of nervous system development.

The funds for this post (£37,694-£46,049 per year; Grade 7) are available for up to 3 years, with preferred start date between November 2026 and January 2027.

For informal enquiries, please contact Matthias Landgraf [email: ml10006@cam.ac.uk]. Feel free to share with anyone interested.

Apply by 14.September: https://lnkd.in/ePjmvAqj Quote reference: PF50636