Potential Research Fellows -University of Cambridge

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The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge is seeking to host early career researchers who have the ambition to start an independent research group with an externally funded fellowship. The Department has more than 40 research groups (bioc.cam.ac.uk/research) with interests that fall broadly into the following areas:

Chemical biology and drug design,

Disease biology,

DNA and chromatin biology,

Molecular microbiology,

Plant biochemistry and bioenergy,

RNA biology,

Signalling and trafficking,

Systems biology

We offer a dynamic environment where our research programmes benefit from state of the art facilities in structural biology, bioinformatics, biophysics, cryo-EM, protein analysis, biological mass spectrometry and DNA sequencing, with complementary facilities housed in neighbouring departments and institutes within the School of Biological Sciences.

If you are interested in obtaining the Department’s support, please email the Department Research Facilitator; Paula Bibby, pb630@cam.ac.uk  who will put you in touch with a faculty member in a similar field.

To make an application, please email fellows@bioc.cam.ac.uk by 5p.m. on Monday 4^th January 2021 with the following: 

• A CV including a list of publications (highlighting the three publications that you consider to be most significant)
• Two references sent directly to fellows@bioc.cam.ac.uk
• A two page outline of your intended research programme
• A statement of why you would like to work in the Department
• A brief outline of the facilities you would need during a Fellowship

Informal enquiries can also be sent to: fellows@bioc.cam.ac.uk

We are particularly keen to receive applications from women and ethnic minorities.

Shortlisted applicants will be informed by Monday 11^th January and will be invited to the Department to give a seminar on Thursday 28^th or Friday 29^th January 2021.

Successful candidates will be offered comprehensive support for the preparation of their Fellowship application.

Target fellowship schemes include: 

The Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council Career Development Award,

Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship, Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship.

For individuals returning to research after a career break:

Wellcome Trust Career Re-entry Fellowship, Daphne Jackson Fellowship