Birmingham University in United Kingdom invites applications for vacant Research Positions, one of the largest and most diverse employers in the United Kingdom.
This project aims to: i) open a window onto the development of multisensory processing in brain and behaviour in human infancy, ii) to examine how preterm birth shapes the development of multisensory processing, and iii) how multisensory processing differences in infancy affect mental health outcomes. As part of this project, the research team are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to support the implementation of this research programme, undertaking online and in person behavioural and physiological (EEG) data collection and analysis with term-born and preterm infants, and to publish the findings from this project.
This project aims to: i) open a window onto the development of multisensory processing in brain and behaviour in human infancy, ii) to examine how preterm birth shapes the development of multisensory processing, and iii) how multisensory processing differences in infancy affect mental health outcomes. As part of this project, the research team are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to lead the implementation of this research programme, undertaking behavioural and physiological (EEG) data collection and analysis with term-born and preterm infants, and to publish the findings from this project.
The “FutureForests Doctoral Network”, an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) initiative, which aims to train the next generation of scientists in assessing the impacts of global change on European forests utilizing a unique network of European flagship field forest facilities. This specific Doctoral Research Fellow position at the University of Birmingham, UK focuses on assessing the tree carbon dynamic and allocation under elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and warmer temperatures.
The FutureForests Doctoral Network”, an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) initiative, which aims to train the next generation of scientists in assessing the impacts of global change on European forests utilizing a unique network of European flagship field forest facilities. This specific Doctoral Research Fellow position at the University of Birmingham, UK, focuses on assessing on trade-offs of soil organic carbon for biomass carbon gain in temperate forests under elevated atmospheric CO2 enrichment ( eCO2) at BIFoR-FACE.
The “FutureForests Doctoral Network”, an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) initiative, which aims to train the next generation of scientists in assessing the impacts of global change on European forests utilizing a unique network of European flagship field forest facilities. This specific Doctoral Research Fellow position at the University of Birmingham, UK, focuses on assessing on trade-offs of soil organic carbon for biomass carbon gain in temperate forests under elevated atmospheric CO2 enrichment ( eCO2) at BIFoR-FACE.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project. We are seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to contribute to a major research initiative evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable transport interventions, with a particular focus on Transport for West Midlands’ (TfWM) Mobility Hub programme.
To contribute to the creation of knowledge in the context of our commitments to the ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. This will involve undertaking specified activities in the operation, performance-optimisation and exploitation for physics analysis of the ATLAS Forward Physics (AFP) Roman pot detectors.
To assist in ASK Stroke Information Directory development and research by carrying out software development including front-end and back-end. The candidate will work with a team of research fellows and an industry partner to develop a LLM chatbot, ASKSiD.
To assist in research (by carrying out data collection or analyses) to create knowledge through providing research support for projects and research groups. This project seeks to study the diversity and evolutionary history of giant Starship transposons within fungal genomes. In this project the RA will be directly involved in the bioinformatic identification of Starships and other transposons in the whole genomes of Bipolaris sorokiniana, Parastagonospora nodorum, Phyrenophora tritici-repentis and other related species.
We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to join our active and vibrant mood disorders research group. The post holder will support academic outputs and clinically relevant scientific insights aligned to the NIHR funded, Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre (MHMTC) to conduct original research and work within a growing team of translational researchers. We are offering a part-time position (80%FTE) until October 2026.
The post is a fixed term Research Fellow position funded by the research grant “Recycling and Reuse of EV batteries (ReLiB)” that is provided by the Faraday Institution, the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research and skills development. The Faraday Institution vision is to bring together scientists and industry partners on research projects to reduce battery cost, weight, and volume; to improve performance and reliability (The Faraday Institution – Powering Britain’s Battery Revolution).
You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team within the group of Dr Phoebe Allan at the University of Birmingham (UoB), and in collaboration with scientists from the School of Metallurgy and Materials at UoB, Diamond Light Source, the National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield Ltd and the Henry Royce Institute. You will work across the boundaries of chemistry and materials science to deliver new materials and knowledge, whilst developing a wide-range of state-of-the-art scientific skills directly applicable to career in academia or industry.
We are recruiting a research associate to assist in research (by carrying out data collection or analyses) to create knowledge through providing research support for INHABIT hub.
We are looking for a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to join our multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Rossiter, including clinicians, bacteriologists, structural biologists and advanced microscopy and imaging specialists. The project will expand on our recent discovery showing that non-Helicobacter pylori bacteria invade the gastric lamina propria during pre-cancer of the stomach, known as gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) (further details can be found on this press release).
The candidate will join the close-working groups of Dr Sally Clayton and Prof Sarah Dimeloe in the Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medicine and Health, at the University of Birmingham. They will contribute to Dr Clayton’s Wellcome Trust Early Career Award project, studying the dynamic changes in the mitochondrial electron transport chain during inflammation, and how these influence immune function and disease. The project combines biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and in vivo models to deliver a comprehensive picture of immuno-metabolic function during inflammation.
We are seeking a highly motivated Research Associate (Grade 6) in statistics, or a related field, to join our research team in the Department of Applied Health Sciences. The successful candidate will support quantitative research activities across a range of projects, with a particular focus on an NIHR-funded cluster randomised trial evaluating virtual wards compared to standard care for patients experiencing acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful applied health research and influence future models of care for people living with COPD.
We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow in statistics, or a related field, to join our research team in the Department of Applied Health Sciences. The successful candidate will support quantitative research activities across a range of projects, with a particular focus on an NIHR-funded cluster randomised trial evaluating virtual wards compared to standard care for patients experiencing acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful applied health research and influence future models of care for people living with COPD.
The Research Fellow will be responsible for developing advanced theory and machine learning algorithms for automated software verification. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of formal methods and machine learning research, contributing to the foundational principles of how AI is applied to automated software and hardware verification.
To support the advancement of NIHR funded research project through data collection and analysis, contributing to knowledge generation, and to provide research assistance to projects and research teams in collaboration with the wider research team as well as the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. This project will work closely with people from South Asian backgrounds i.e. Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu speaking.
This post will advance the application of Machine Learning (ML) in weather forecasting and hydrological prediction. The Research Fellow will develop ML methods for postprocessing numerical ensemble weather forecasts over India to improve the skill of precipitation predictions and to generate hydrological forecasts.
This position will use further develop the novel AI/machine-learning (ML) approach in Chen et al. (2022 & 2024, Nature Geoscience) and apply to stratosphere, in order to investigate SAI’s impacts, using natural analogues. You will quantify the influence of SAI on stratospheric chemistry, such as aerosol, ozone, chloride, water vapour, etc.; as well as to understand SAI’s highly influential impacts, such as ozone layer depletion, tropics drying, ITCZ shifting, extreme precipitation, etc.
This post is for a Biostatistician to be the main statistical scientist for a methodological project on improving statistical methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials in paediatric cancer, funded by the UKRI Better Methods, Better Research Programme. This project will focus on the use of ordinal longitudinal outcomes and appropriate statistical modelling, investigating whether use of these methods will improve statistical efficiency, and exploring specification of outcomes and presentation of the results.
This project aims to address this knowledge gap by recruiting a cohort of healthy smokers aiming to quit smoking using e-cigarettes, to provide critical data needed to determine safety and to inform personal choice, public debate, and policy. This longitudinal cohort study will evaluate accumulation of toxins in the airways, changes in epithelial and innate immune cell functions durin
