We are seeking a full-time time highly motivated post-doctoral research associate to join Prof Edan Foley’s group in the Department of Life Sciences at the Â鶹´«Ã½.

Prof Edan Foley’s group is currently focusing on the effects of commensal and pathogenic bacteria on intestinal homeostasis in the zebrafish model. The group is particularly interested in understanding how BEST4 cells shape host responses to pro-inflammatory challenges. BEST4 cells are a recently identified intestinal epithelial cell type with putative roles in the regulation of intestinal pH and mucus hydration. However, we have minimal understanding of the relationships between BEST4 cells and inflammatory challenges in a live animal model.

This job purpose can be summarised as follows:

• Working with larval and adult zebrafish characterize the impacts of pro-inflammatory challenges on BEST4 cell function in the gut.
• Determine the consequences of BEST4 cell ablation for host responses to intestinal inflammation.
• Using genetic and genomic methodologies, characterize the transcriptional states of BEST4 cells as the intestine experiences and recovers from an inflammatory challenge.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A PhD or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Experience working with animal models of intestinal development and homeostasis.
• Experience working with intestinal responses to injurious challenges, particularly in the context of genetic manipulation of the host.
• Bioinformatic expertise in the characterization of intestinal cell types that express fluorescent markers of interest.
• Publications in a relevant field.

Further information

For an informal discussion relating to this role, please contact Prof Edan Foley (efoley@ualberta.ca), or, Prof David Tosh (bssdt@bath.ac.uk)

This is a full-time(36.5 hours), fixed-term contract for 24 months

As a member of Research Staff at the Â鶹´«Ã½, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 10 Dec 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049

Applications are invited for the post of Research Technician (Zebra-Fish) within the Department of Life Sciences, at the Â鶹´«Ã½. This hands-on post is an exciting opportunity to work in a varied and interesting environment, supporting and enhancing world-class research.

Working with academic staff and the zebra-fish group, this post holder will support a research group that studies intestinal development and health in the zebrafish model. The post holder will have a demonstrated expertise in zebrafish handling, genetics, and husbandry with a particular emphasis on imaging of fixed and live tissue using light-sheet and conventional fluorescence microscopy. Prior experience working with the local fish community is preferable.

Health and Safety is an absolute priority in our Faculty and alongside more practical duties, the post holder will be expected to promote excellent H&S culture and contribute to a positive working environment.

About you

You will be experienced in providing technical, teaching or research support in a Higher Education or industry-based organisation. With strong academic and practical knowledge of biomedical science, genetics or molecular biology you will also have:

• A degree in a relevant Life Sciences subject.
• Significant experience of zebra fish research and working in a fish-facility.

Effective time-management and organisational skills, enthusiasm and a flexible approach to work are all essential in this role. Great communication skills, diplomacy and a capacity to problem solve are also key.

Further information

For an informal discussion relating to this vacancy, please contact Edan Foley, efoley@ualberta.ca or Ewan Basterfield prsecb@bath.ac.uk

This position is offered on a full time (36.5) basis until January 2027.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 10 Dec 2025

Department: Technical & Experimental

Salary: £26,707 to £30,378

The Lovell Lab, in partnership with AdvanCell, is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate on a 24-month contract, with the possibility of a further 12-month extension. The position is available to start as soon as possible and will involve travel to Brisbane, Australia, to work with colleagues at AdvanCell.

Project Background: Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) is an emerging and highly promising strategy for treating a range of cancers. By using targeting vectors conjugated to radionuclides, TRT delivers cytotoxic radiation directly to tumour cells while minimising damage to surrounding healthy tissues.

This project aims to identify selective peptide binders for proteins, cells, or tissues using state-of-the-art peptide display technologies. These binders will serve as initial targeting vectors in hit-to-lead optimisation programmes to develop novel radiomedicines. The work will integrate:

• Phage or mRNA display
• Automated solid-phase peptide synthesis
• Direct-to-biology workflows
• Chemical proteomics
• Structural biology

Relevant References

• Nat. Biotechnol. 2021, 4, 490
• J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8911
• J. Nucl. Med. 2025, 66, 1703

About you

Essential qualifications and experience:

• PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Biology, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated expertise with display technologies (e.g., phage display, mRNA display, DELs)
• Hands-on experience with solid-phase peptide synthesis
• Proficiency in HPLC, LC-MS, or LC-MS/MS method development
• Active interest in peptide drug discovery and cancer research

A lower grade offer may be made (Grade 6) with comparable reduction in responsibilities and amendment in job title to Research Assistant, if a suitable applicant cannot be found to fill the Grade 7 position. Applicants will need to be within six months of their course completion date and will be promoted to Research Associate once their PhD has been awarded.

Additional expectations:

• Strong organisational, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently and solve problems proactively
• Willingness to supervise and train junior lab members
• Some laboratory management responsibilities will be included

Further information

For questions about the position, please contact Dr Scott Lovell at sdl35@bath.ac.uk.

As a member of Research Staff at the Â鶹´«Ã½, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 23 Dec 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049

Would you like to join a vibrant research lab in the Â鶹´«Ã½?

We are seeking one experienced and motivated Postdoctoral Associate to join our team of scientists and conduct translational research in biopharmaceutics.

The selected candidate will join a research project sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance state-of-the-art physiologically based biopharmaceutics (PBBM)/pharmacokinetics (PBPK) modeling approaches that can inform regulatory decisions on innovator and generic products for locally-acting drugs in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, as a viable alternative to in vivo studies for the establishment of bioequivalence (BE) for these products.

The goal is to generate and evaluate formulation variants, characterize their critical quality attributes (CQAs) and generate physiological relevant in vitro data from different systems for selected commercial formulations. The team in Bath (Department of Life Sciences and Department of Chemical Engineering) will work closely with the scientific team at Simulations Plus to determine the impact of changes to CQAs and physiological variables on local and systemic exposure in patient groups.

In this role, a typical day may include: formulation development, formulation characterisation, generating in vitro biopharmaceutics data (solubility, dissolution, etc.), and translation of in vitro results.

About you

The ideal candidate will hod a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering or an allied field. They will have at least one years' experience in formulation development and characterisation and HPLC analysis and experience in generating in vitro biopharmaceutics data.

Further information

As a member of Research Staff at the Â鶹´«Ã½, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year

This is a full time position (36.5 hours), fixed until August 2026.

For an informal discussion relating to this vacancy, please contact Prof Nikoletta Fotaki, nf223@bath.ac.uk or Dr Bernardo Castro Dominguez, bcd28@bath.ac.uk

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you:

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Â鶹´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 14 Dec 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049