Early Career Researcher Opportunities
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Job opportunity
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Location: University of Reading
Salary: £36,636 - £42,254 per annum
Closing date: Saturday 31st January 2026
Full Time / Fixed Term 31st Jan 2027
The University of Reading is seeking a highly motivated researcher with a PhD in a relevant discipline (such as microbiology, neuroscience, bioinformatics, or systems biology) to join an ERC-funded project on the human gut-brain axis (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/865568).
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The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in data analysis related to gut microbiota and metabolite profiles, including experience with computational and statistical approaches for biological datasets. Experience or awareness of handling brain and behavioural data will be an advantage, but is not a requirement.
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The candidate will join an interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and microbiologists at the University working on this project. The team is based across the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics at the School of Psychology and CLS, as well as at the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences. The host lab (www.bhismalab.org) has an overarching research programme on studying individual differences in brain and behaviour with a special interest in autism.
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