If you’re a PhD degree holder and seeking postdoctoral fellowships, University of Cambridge, England has several online applications open. Explore the opportunities across diverse research areas and submit your application soon.
1. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are seeking a research associate or senior research associate who enjoys analysing data and solving statistical problems to join us for two years in the first instance. We have a range of programmes of research that you could contribute to, depending on your interests and skills, including a) longitudinal data analyses of pre-existing data (e.g., dSEM or causal approaches), b) computational modelling of behavioural data (e.g., reinforcement learning) and/or c) analyses of objective social media data (e.g., TikTok videos) through use of LLMs and other methodologies
Application Deadline: 19 August 2024
2. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The study is part of an international programme of research and engagement, supported by a consortium of over 200 researchers and practitioners from 31 countries. There will be ample opportunity for the post holder to collaborate and build their networks with international research leaders. We are looking for someone capable of working responsively and collaboratively, and with a desire to influence practice with children and families through research.
Application Deadline: 19 August 2024
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3. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
A position exists for a Research Associate in Nanomechanics of Organic Semiconductors. The aim of the role is to understand the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors, characterised jointly using microelectronic devices and an atomic force microscope (AFM). Organic semiconductor devices are known for their deployment in large area flexible electronics. Their mechanical properties on the scale of a few molecules are only starting to be probed. Our team demonstrated high-resolution, nanometre-scale, mechanical measurements on organic semiconductors [I. Dobryden, V. V. Korolkov … D. Venkateshvaran, Nature Communications 13, 3076 (2022)] and have since pushed the limits to measurements on the scale of few molecules.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2024
4. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The project is based at the Universities of Cambridge (PI: Professor Mary Laven) and St Andrews (CI: Professor Emily Michelson). This post will be based primarily in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge, where the successful applicant will work under the supervision of the PI, Professor Mary Laven. The PDRA will divide their time between the History Faculty and the Fitzwilliam Museum, spending at least 20% of their time at the Museum, where they will be supported and supervised by the Keeper of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts, and work with other colleagues. A parallel PDRA (Dr Alexandros Hatzikiriakos) is based in the School of History at the University of St Andrews and the two PDRAs will be expected to work closely together and with the rest of the team.
Application Deadline: 16 August 2024
5. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The aim of the role is to develop data analysis pipelines for the SKA radio telescope (as part of the SKA Software Construction project). The successful candidate will have up to 40% of their time to dedicate to independent research. We encourage applicants with a research line aligned with one of the SKA Key Science Projects and/or related projects. Preference will be given to applicants with a background in 21-cm radio cosmology experiments (e.g. HERA, LOFAR, MWA, MeerKat, EDGES, REACH, etc.). The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Astronomy, Physics, Engineering or closely related field with a proven track record in Radio Astronomy Data Analysis. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Aperture Synthesis, as demonstrated by publications in major journals. A solid understanding of Python and or C++/C programming is desired.
Application Deadline: 29 August 2024
6. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral chemist to work with Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian on the chemical biology of nucleic acids, funded by Cancer Research UK. The successful applicant will work on an interdisciplinary project to elucidate the function and biological mechanisms of four-stranded DNA G-quadruplexes and to investigate their potential as therapeutic targets and biomarkers of cancer. See DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2019.07.002, DOI: 110.1073/pnas.2320240121
Application Deadline: 12 September 2024
7. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral research associate with training and experience evaluating and delivering health behaviour change interventions and an interest in the psychology of obesity and weight management. You will take a lead role in a 5-year multi-disciplinary research programme led by Dr Amy Ahern and funded by an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research. This research programme will evaluate an acceptance-based guided self-help intervention to support weight loss maintenance. It builds on a successful feasibility study of the Supporting Weight Management (SWiM) intervention (DOI: 10.2196/31801) and will further refine, adapt and evaluate this intervention to provide evidence needed for implementation within the NHS.
Application Deadline: 20 August 2024
8. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The project offers the opportunity to conduct research into ritual contexts for and musical and poetic responses to the exclamation Benedicamus Domino (‘Let us Bless the Lord’) in the period c.1000 — 1500. Candidates should propose a research project within this broader framework that relates to their own research interests and expertise to pursue over the course of the position.
Application Deadline: 21 August 2024
9. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The tropics harbour more species than anywhere else on Earth. This biodiversity supports a number of ecosystem services¿benefits that humankind derives from the natural environment¿that are essential for human well-being and socioeconomic opportunities. Of particular importance is timber and associated wood products. Yet the overexploitation of timber via selective logging in tropical forests threatens the long-term sustainable flow of this vital resource, the survival of harvested species, and the hyper-diversity of unexploited flora and fauna within logged forests. Our previous work has identified the high conservation value of selectively logged tropical forests but the potential for unsustainable trade, including under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Application Deadline: 15 August 2024
10. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The ALBORADA Drug Discovery Institute (ADDI), part of the University of Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) (http://cambridge-ddi.alzheimersresearchuk.org/), is seeking a Research Associate with a strong background in biochemistry and/or biophysics to join its established team. The ADDI is part of a network of world-class Drug Discovery Institutes, funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, forming the Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery Alliance. The work of the ADDI at Cambridge is aimed at validating new drug targets and identifying potential new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease as well as other types of neurodegeneration.
Application Deadline: 25 August 2024
11. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The textile industry is a major contributor to environmental pollution due to issues like dyes and microplastics, water and energy consumption, and end-of-life waste generation. With 15 international partners, UPWEARS aims to develop a new generation of recyclable biobased e-textiles for smart, multi-functional wearables in sport. The role-holder will contribute to a primary goal of UPWEARS: to use concepts inspired by nature to achieve upgraded performance of technical textiles such as shock absorbance, breathability, and bioluminescence.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2024
12. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Macrophages are key players in innate and adaptive immunity as well as tissue homeostasis. We discovered that these terminally differentiated cells can transition between cell cycle states without cell division. This is dependent on the canonical proliferation cascade involving MEK/ERK and leads to deactivation of the retroviral restriction factor SAMHD1. We have exciting new data to show that certain physiological triggers such as low oxygen can drive this cell cycle progression. Coupled with a recent finding that MEK inhibitors can block inflammation from ETS2 overexpression in IBD models of disease, this is now a hot area of research where we are very well placed given our longstanding interests.
Application Deadline: 2 August 2024
13. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Given the complex nature of the data from this study, you must have a strong track record in applying sophisticated statistical analyses (e.g., structural equation modelling, testing for measurement invariance), and in drawing culturally appropriate interpretations of the results. More than half of the raw data involves videos or transcripts from Chinese speaking families and so you must also be fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese (as well as having excellent spoken and written English).
Application Deadline: 21 August 2024
14. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The laboratory of Dr Mekayla Storer (https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/dr-mekayla-storer) uses multidisciplinary approaches to understand why the distal portion of the digit tip is the only part of the limb that can regenerate in mammals. The key step in this process is the formation of a blastema, a transiently proliferating mass of cells that the regenerates the different cell types of the digit to replicate the original structure. Therefore the broad goal of our research is to understand which cells and molecular pathways are necessary for this process. A portion of our present research builds on our previous work (Storer et al., Dev. Cell 2020) that used high-throughput single-cell mRNA sequencing and Cre-recombinase based lineage tracing to define the transcriptional identity of the mesenchymal cells comprising the blastema and the major transitions during mammalian digit tip regeneration.
Application Deadline: 18 August 2024
15. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to help direct and conduct research in a team of scientists under the leadership of Prof Duncan Astle, alongside a wide team of collaborators across the University of Cambridge. The research work will support a Medical Research Council funded research programme aimed at understanding how the development of the human brain, and characterising the drivers of variability in that development. This role holder will use a range of methods, and a strong quantitative background is highly desirable for the role.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2024
16. Postdoctoral Job
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate to work in the group of Prof. Hugo Bronstein from 1st Oct or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will be involved in the design, synthesis and characterisation of new conjugated materials for use in optoelectronic applications. Applicants should have a PhD in chemistry with expertise in the synthesis of conjugated small molecule and/or polymers. Key skills that are required are the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously including coordinating with other group members and collaborators. Additional expertise in computational, solid state, photophysical, electrochemical characterisation, device fabrication would be highly valued.
Application Deadline: 12 August 2024
