A full-time Research Technician position is available in the Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
A research technician post is available starting on June 1, 2012 to work on dynamics of within- and between-species parasite transmission in a natural small mammal community in the UK. This will be part of a NERC funded grant led by Andy Fenton (University of Liverpool), Amy Pedersen (University of Edinburgh) and Owen Petchey (University of Zurich) to quantify host species contributions to parasite transmission and persistence across a diverse, natural multi-host-multi-parasite community. This work will involve a combination of fieldwork (small mammal trapping), large-scale ecological manipulation experiments and laboratory assays. The main role of the research technician post is to undertake and assist with the planning of small mammal trapping at our field sites on the Wirral, record data on each mouse caught and take blood and faecal samples. In addition the technician will be involved in the maintenance of sampling equipment, field-measuring equipment, sample storage and transportation etc. as well as analysing faecal and blood samples in the lab to identify the parasites within them. This will lead to the compilation of a unique and extensive database on the parasite communities of these wild rodents. The technician will work closely with, and receive training from, a senior technician (Grade 6), and be involved with the supervision of a number of undergraduate volunteer workers throughout the summer months. In addition, the technican will be part of a wider team involving the PIs on the project and a Post-Doctoral researcher, all of whom will be part of the trapping and data collection team. The post will be for up to 35 months and will be based within the lab of Andy Fenton at the Institute of Integrative Biology, at the University of Liverpool, and will be fully integrated within the wider research team from the Universities of Edinburgh and Zurich. For more information on the research groups please see the following websites: http://www.liv.ac.uk/integrative-biology/staff/andrew-fenton/ http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/apedersen/ The salary range is £22,475 - £24,520; dependent on experience. Applications will be accepted until May 11, 2012. For the Research Technician position (Ref. #: S-577616) application and specific job description, please go to: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/technical/S-577616.htm For specific information about the project, please email Andy Fenton ([email protected]) or Amy Pedersen ([email protected]).
