Two, three-year postdoctoral Research Fellow positions are available in Dr Gemma Murray’s group in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at UCL, as part of a Wellcome-funded programme investigating the evolution, spread and persistence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The research programme is using Streptococcus suis, a common commensal and opportunistic pathogen of pigs, as a model system to understand AMR across scales, from transmission within host populations to long-term evolutionary dynamics.

Post 1: AMR dynamics within and between hosts
This project will generate and analyse longitudinal genomic data from commercial pig farms in Spain, combining repeated sampling of individual pigs with deep sequencing to reconstruct within-host S. suis strain diversity and dynamics, and to investigate the transmission of strains and AMR genes within a farm.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU266/research-fellow-in-within-host-microbial-genomics

Post 2: Evolutionary genomics of global AMR dynamics
This project will integrate genomic datasets generated across multiple countries and years to investigate how resistance is gained, lost and spread over longer evolutionary timescales. The work will combine population genomics, phylogenetics and comparative approaches to understand the processes shaping global patterns of AMR.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU268/research-fellow-in-microbial-evolutionary-genomics

Both posts offer scope to develop independent ideas within the broader programme. Candidates with strong quantitative skills and backgrounds in microbial evolution, population genetics, comparative genomics, phylogenetics or related areas are particularly encouraged to apply.

For further information, please see the job adverts above and email Dr. Gemma Murray for more information (gemma.gr.murray@ucl.ac.uk).

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