A Chief Scientist Office funded, 2 year Postdoctoral Researcher position is available, working in the laboratory of Dr Donald J. Davidson, in close collaboration with Professor Debby Bogaert, at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research.

　　The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team on a programme characterising the clinical significance of Antimicrobial Host Defence Peptides (HDP) and the upper airway microbiota in defining risk of severe pulmonary viral infection with RSV, and developing and modelling novel prophylactic and/or therapeutic interventional strategies. This post will principally focus on characterising i) the expression and ontogeny of HDP, ii) the upper respiratory tract microbiome and iii) the inflammatory profile, from healthy and disease-specific longitudinal study cohorts, and subsequently modelling and defining disease significance.

　　For informal enquiries please contact Donald.Davidson@ed.ac.uk

　　This post is available on a fixed term basis, with a working pattern of 35 hours per week for 2 years with a start date of 01 April 2019.

　　Vacancy Ref: 045884                                  

　　Closing Date: 18 February 2019