Postdoctoral Research Associate - Chemistry

We're recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Chemistry

The Infection Innovation Consortium, known as iiCON, brings together the North West’s largest concentration of infectious diseases research in a new £120M programme. It capitalizes on the region’s track record in working on active translational research into antimicrobials, vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. This particular workpackage within iiCON aims to assemble and screen a natural microbial isolate library with the aim of identifying novel antimicrobial molecules.

Within this role, you’ll be responsible for a variety of projects within the antimicrobial, chemotherapy and resistance space including preparation and screening of derivatives of molecules found to have antimicrobial activity within our inhouse screening of our microbial isolate library.

Help shape the future of infectious disease innovation at the heart of a world-leading consortium!

(To see a full list of responsibilities and requirements, see the job description attached.)

Additional benefits of joining LSTM:

• 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and 6 additional Christmas closure days
• Generous occupational pension schemes
• Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
• Employee assistance programme to support with employee well-being
• High street discounts and cashback offers
• Government-backed cycle to work scheme
• Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

Application process:

To apply for the position please click on the apply link and upload your CV and covering letter.

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About LSTM

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations, and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

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