Postdoctoral Research associate

The Tucker lab is looking for a postdoc to work for two years on a project funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The selected applicant will join the vibrant and friendly Tucker lab and work as part of a team interacting with the group of Prof Mike Curtis. The Tucker and Curtis labs are part of the internationally acclaimed Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology and Centre for Host-microbiome interactions, both housed within Guy’s Hospital at King’s College London.

The successful applicant will investigate the role of the host and maternal microbiota in the development and maintenance
of chemosensing using mouse models in partnership with Oxford University.
The results will highlight the under-explored impact of the microbiome on chemosensation, teasing apart
metabolite versus direct effects, and developmental changes versus maintenance.
The findings will open potential avenues to manipulate and rescue chemosensation through control of the
microbial environment or provision of metabolites.