Postdoctoral Fellow
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £45,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Francis Crick Institute |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Postdoctoral Fellow
About us
The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions. Click here to learn more.
About the role
Our lab studies how the innate immune system regulates its responses to clear infections effectively while minimizing immune pathology. Our work focuses on neutrophils and their role in immune defence and inflammatory diseases both as antimicrobial effector cells and regulators of inflammation.
We study the mechanisms that regulate neutrophil effector functions such as the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NET), as well as alternative mechanisms of extracellular chromatin release and their role in pathology during severe infection and chronic inflammatory diseases.
We are seeking a motivated immunologist to study topics related to novel neutrophil effector functions, NET clearance, immune dysfunction and neutrophil antimicrobial heterogeneity in the context of immune defence and control of pathology during microbial infection and inflammatory diseases.
As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will be expected to lead your own projects, contribute to other projects on a collaborative basis (both in the lab and with external collaborators) and participate in training PhD students. The ability to work in a team is essential.
You should have experience with basic science work that has resulted in a first author publication or in the process of being published.
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About you
• PhD in immunology, infection biology, biochemistry or cell biology or in the final stages of PhD submission
• Good knowledge and experience in immunology and biochemistry.
• Technical expertise in biochemical, cell biological and mouse work.
• Track record of writing papers as evidenced by publications or submitted manuscripts in referred journals
• Evidence of data presentation at scientific meetings
• Experience with experimental design is absolutely essential
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with others
About Working at the Crick…
Our values
• We are bold. We make space for creative, dynamic and imaginative ideas and approaches. We’re not afraid to do things differently.
• We are open. We’re highly collaborative and interactive, and make sure our activities are visible to the outside world.
• We are collegial. We show respect for one another, work cooperatively and support the wider community.
At the Crick, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to driving innovation and scientific discovery. If you need assistance with your application, please contact weronika.kucala@crick.ac.uk
To read more about our EDI approach, click here.
What will you receive?
We value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development. You can find out more about what we offer here.