Group Leader – Food-Microbiome Modelling and Host-Microbe Interactions

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The Quadram Institute invites applications for an ambitious and collaborative Group Leader (Professor or Associate Professor equivalent) or Career Track Group Leader (Assistant Professor equivalent) to establish an independent research programme focused on advancing our understanding of how food and food components influence the human gut microbiome and host health. This strategic appointment will strengthen our Future Food research theme by developing new approaches, assays and model systems to investigate diet-microbiome-host interactions. The role offers an exceptional platform to build a world-leading research programme, supported by a substantial package with an equivalent value of up to £500,000 , including postdoctoral research support, start-up funding, consumables, research expenses, and access to state-of-the-art core facilities. Your Research Vision. You will develop an independent research programme focused on innovative microbiome models, assays and analytical approaches that provide new mechanistic insights into diet-microbiome-host interactions. Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:. Advanced in vitro and ex vivo microbiome assays, including high-throughput, functional and mechanistic approaches to studying the impact of foods and food components on the microbiome. Diet-microbiome-health relationships and microbiome-driven mechanisms, including models