Postdoctoral Scientist

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral fellow to join Dr Sharma’s Mechanistic T Cell Genomics group. Dr Sharma will establish her group in May 2025 at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, supported by a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award. The candidate will be the computational lead on a project focusing on understanding signalling via inhibitory receptors in T cells and will lead the computational analysis of high-dimensional omics datasets, including single-cell transcriptomics, ATAC-seq, multi-dimensional flow cytometry, and perform network-based analysis for signalling studies.

 

The post is funded via the Wellcome Trust and is available as a fixed-term contract for 18 months, with a possibility to extend. If you are interested in this position and have the skills and experience, we are looking for, please apply below. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application. Informal inquiries can be sent to Dr Sumana Sharma (sumana.sharma@rdm.ox.ac.uk).

 

Only applications submitted online and received before midday on Monday 14 April 2025 will be considered. Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.

 
About You 

 

It is essential to hold a PhD degree, or equivalent, in biological sciences, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, or similar subject. Experience of, and proven research skills in computational biology and strong interest in signalling pathway analysis is required.

 
About the Radcliffe Department of Medicine 

 

The Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) within the Medical Sciences Division is one of the largest departments in the University of Oxford. RDM is a multi-disciplinary department which aims to tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges by integrating innovative basic biology with cutting edge clinical research.

 

Benefits of working 

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•                An excellent contributory pension scheme

•                38 days annual leave

•                A comprehensive range of childcare services

•                Family leave schemes

•                Cycle loan scheme

•                Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

•                Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 

 

See https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits for more information.

 

 

“Committed to equality and valuing diversity” 

 

The post is full time and fixed-term for 18 months in the first instance.

 

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. The supporting statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click here for more information and advice on how to write an effective supporting statement.

 

Only applications received before 12:00 midday on 14/04/2024 will be considered.

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