Postdoctoral Positions (21) at The University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

The University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom invites application for vacant Postdoctoral, Academic and Professional Positions, a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12067DepartmentCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before02/28/2025

Be the First to ApplyAn exciting opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral research fellow to join the research team of Prof Siddharthan Chandran – Director, UK Dementia Research Institute (UK-DRI), Prof Neil Carragher (Chair of Drug Discovery, Edinburgh) and Dr. Bhuvaneish Selvaraj (UK-DRI, Edinburgh) to work across motor neuron disease (MND) modelling and drug discovery using state of the art human experimental platforms.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12023DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before02/20/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Quantitative Geneticist Research Fellow to help deliver a large-scale single cell molecular QTL discovery programme supported by £5M of UKRI funding as part of the Edinburgh Molecular Mechanisms Cluster. This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12030DepartmentCentre for Cancer Research Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before02/25/2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher to join an exciting research project funded by Worldwide Cancer Research: Nucleoli, inflammation and cancer risk: does size matter?. Advanced age is one of the most significant risk factors for cancer. Two hallmarks of aging are enlarged nucleoli and inflammation. This project will use state of the art imaging technologies on unique human and animal tissues we have access to, alongside phenotypic assays and molecular studies, to determine the relationship between nucleolar size, inflammation and cancer initiation. The project will be supported by expert collaborators from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle Universities. This research has far-reaching implications as it will help us understand how age predisposes to cancer, allowing identification of biological markers and interventions that are applicable to this population.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12043DepartmentInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before03/04/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe are looking for an outstanding early-career researcher to join our group at the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC), belonging to the Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (ICMCS) of the University of Edinburgh.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12001DepartmentMRC University Unit for Human Genetics Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before02/14/2025

We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic research fellow to join the laboratory of Dr Duncan Sproul at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Genetics and Cancer to understand the role of heterochromatin hypomethylation in carcinogenesis. This project is a close collaboration with Kevin Myant’s laboratory based within the same institute.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

• Job Identification12020DepartmentChemistry Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months10Apply Before02/20/2025

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Microbiology and Palaeobiology

• Job Identification12034DepartmentInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before03/07/2025

An exciting three-year postdoctoral position working at the interface of palaeontology and microbiology to answer fundamental questions about the fossil record of microbial life.

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Classics

• Job Identification11890DepartmentClassics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before02/26/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe School of History, Classics, and Archaeology seeks to appoint two three-year Research Fellows under the aegis of the UKRI-funded research project, Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy (under the framework of the ERC Consolidator Grant scheme).

Post-doctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics

• Job Identification11979DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before02/25/2025

Two post-doctoral researcher positions are available that will play key roles in delivering an exciting new 4-year multi-partner BBSRC research project focussed on understanding genome evolution following whole genome duplication (WGD, i.e. polyploidy) events across the Tree of Life (please see rediploidisation.org). The researchers, based at the Roslin Institute, will lead and deliver ambitious scientific objectives as part of a highly integrated multi-partner consortium, for example using cutting-edge comparative single cell transcriptomics and whole genome alignment approaches to reconstruct genetic and functional changes that follow WGD events in diverse eukaryotic taxa.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification11850DepartmentChemistry Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months14Apply Before02/10/2025

We seek a talented and self-motivated postdoc to work on a project in the ion spectroscopy and laboratory astrochemistry team led by Dr. E. K. Campbell. The position is offered for up to 14 months. The earliest starting date for the successful candidate is 1st March 2025.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification11983DepartmentCentre for Cardiovascular Science Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before02/28/2025

Join us as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and play a key role in discovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying vascular diseases. In this position, you will conduct essential research to investigate the nature and toxicity of protein and amyloid aggregates, exploring their impact on endothelial function and the development of vascular pathologies.

Post-doctoral PET Data Analysist and Modeller

• Job Identification11929DepartmentCentre for Cardiovascular Science Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months48Apply Before02/20/2025

We are looking for a motivated, innovative and organised post-doctoral scientist with expertise in image processing, analysis and kinetic modelling that could support our Total-Body PET national facility.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Seismotectonics of the Andaman region

• Job Identification11957DepartmentGeoSciences Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before03/03/2025

We seek a postdoctoral research associate with a strong background in seismology, geodesy or tectonics to investigate the seismotectonics of the Sunda subduction zone, focusing on the Andaman-Nicobar region.You will participate in a NERC funded project ‘People-centered tsunami early warning for the Indian coastlines’, which will improve tsunami disaster resilience along the Indian coastline, some of the most densely populated areas in the world.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification11969DepartmentCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before02/20/2025

We are looking for a talented researcher to join our team led by Dr. Jing Qiu within the Edinburgh Centre of UK Dementia Research Institute.

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Labour Economics

• Job Identification11831DepartmentEconomics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before02/11/2025

The School of Economics is growing and is seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Researcher. The research focus of this post is on sorting in the labour market, and the post is funded by the UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee Grant “Multidimensional Sorting with Imperfectly Transferable Utility”. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification11946DepartmentInstitute for Astronomy Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before02/21/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe seek applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of galaxy and AGN evolution, to advance our understanding of galaxy evolution, and the role of active galactic nuclei in this process across cosmic time.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification11889DepartmentCentre for Cancer Research Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before02/14/2025

We seek a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to carry out a research project to develop and test new methods to make immune-cold colorectal cancer responsive to immunotherapy. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification11874DepartmentInstitute of Molecular Plant Science United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before02/14/2025

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Scientist to join the Ahn lab to explore biochemical methods to identify novel immune receptors activated during pathogen infection in plants.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification11859DepartmentCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months60Apply Before02/20/2025

We seek a motivated postdoctoral researcher to conduct primary research into how neurons transport mRNA to distal sites and use these mRNAs as substrates for local protein synthesis during synaptic plasticity.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification11839DepartmentLaw United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before02/28/2025

This is an excellent opportunity for two dynamic early career post-doctoral researchers join an exciting interdisciplinary research project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Infra-Legalities: Global Security Infrastructures, Artificial Intelligence and International Law. This project is investigating how AI and automated decision making (ADM) processes are reshaping global security law and governance, with an empirical focus on three areas: (i) digital bordering infrastructures, (ii) platform governance of terrorist and violent extremist content online, and (iii) counterterrorism watchlisting systems. These posts are part of a Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr. Gavin Sullivan (University of Edinburgh).

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification11809DepartmentLaw United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months48Apply Before02/12/2025

We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chloë Kennedy (University of Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie University) and Dr Alice Krzanich (University of Aberdeen).