Current Opportunities

John Innes Centre
Postdoctoral Researcher

Salary: £37,500 - £45,350

Postdoctoral Researchers work with limited supervision to carry out individual and collaborative research projects relevant to the overall needs of the research programme.

Post: 1005023
Posted: 14 Jan 2026
Closes: 10 Feb 2026
John Innes Centre
IP Licensing Manager

Salary: £45,450 - £56,750

To manage the identification, protection, and administration of intellectual property (IP) arising from JIC research.

Post: 1005019
Posted: 8 Jan 2026
Closes: 21 Jan 2026

Salary: £37,500 - £45,350

The Crop Genebank Head of Service is the first point of contact for both external and internal users of the seed collections.

Post: 1005017
Posted: 6 Jan 2026
Closes: 1 Feb 2026
John Innes Centre
Laboratory Support Technician

Salary: £24,000 - £29,050

The successful applicants will work as part of a Laboratory Support Department which provides operational support to the three main science buildings across the John Innes Centre, providing an essential service to John Innes Centre scientists.

Post: 1005012
Posted: 6 Jan 2026
Closes: 18 Jan 2026

Independent non-executive Member of the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) Programme Board who has experience of delivering major change programmes. The NGI Board reports to JIC Governing Council.

Post: 1005020
Posted: 5 Jan 2026
Closes: 1 Feb 2026
John Innes Centre
Postdoctoral Researcher

Salary: £37,500 - £45,350

Postdoctoral Researchers work with limited supervision to carry out individual and collaborative research projects relevant to the overall needs of the research programme.

Post: 1005010
Posted: 15 Dec 2025
Closes: 18 Jan 2026

Salary: £37,500 - £45,350

We are seeking an enthusiastic Research Scientist to join the Buscaino Lab at the Quadram Institute. This Wellcome Trust funded project aims to identify novel RNA interference (RNAi) components in Candida albicans using a biochemical approach.

Post: 1005022
Posted: 14 Jan 2026
Closes: 10 Feb 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Research Scientist (Bioinformatics)

Salary: £37,500 - £45,350

We are seeking an enthusiastic Bioinformatics Research Scientist to join the Buscaino Lab at the Quadram Institute.

Post: 1005021
Posted: 12 Jan 2026
Closes: 8 Feb 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Senior Research Scientist

Salary: £45,450 - £56,750

We are seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join a collaborative team studying xenobiotics-gut microbiome interactions as well as developing precision microbiome intervention trials.

Post: 1004957
Posted: 5 Jan 2026
Closes: 15 Feb 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety)

Competitive salary

The McLean Partnership has been engaged by Quadram Institute Bioscience to support this recruitment, please follow the link for more information.

Post: 1004850
Posted: 4 Dec 2025
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Group Leader

Competitive salary

We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on nutrition- and microbiome-based interventions for the prevention and management of obesity.

Post: 1004998
Posted: 20 Nov 2025
Closes: 18 Jan 2026
Earlham Institute
Lead Architect (BioFAIR)

Salary: £71,100 - £90,000

The Lead Architect for BioFAIR is responsible for defining and guiding the technical vision, architectural strategy, and design principles for a national, federated life‑science digital research infrastructure.

Post: 1005015
Posted: 6 Jan 2026
Closes: 30 Jan 2026