Postdoctoral Research Associate

The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the work of Brian Hendrich. This MRC funded post is available from 1 September 2025 for a period of 18 months in the first instance to enable and support fellowship applications. The successful applicant will undertake a project focused on determining how chromatin remodelling proteins facilitate neural crest development using human induced pluripotent stem cell model system. A good understanding of enhancer and chromatin biology is essential, and the ability to analyse next generation sequencing datasets using R-based programming would be advantageous.

The successful applicant will have a PhD (or nearing completion), experience in mammalian stem cell culture and a strong grasp of molecular and biochemical lab techniques. The candidate will have a keen interest in the control of cell fate decisions and a good understanding of chromatin-based control of gene expression at both the 2D (DNA and chromatin) and 3D (nuclear organisation) levels. These will be supported by a proven track record in scientific publications. Applicants must display an ability to undertake project management, work within a multi-disciplinary team environment and the ability to contribute to an environment supporting researchers at all stages of their careers including supervising and training junior colleagues.