drawing The Whelan lab is located in the Michael Smithg building on the University of Manchester campus in Manchester, UK. We are part of the School of Biological Sciences and Division of Evolution, Infection, and Genomics (EIGEN). The Whelan lab is an activate member of the Microbial Evolution Research at Manchester (MERMan) group, a collective of 14 PIs and >50 research staff who are colocalized in high-end laboratory facilities and form a thriving, collaborative research environment.




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Current open positions in our group:

RA/technican

autumn 2024 start, 4-year position

This Research assistant (RA) position is funded by the Lister Institute and UKRI. The RA will culture samples collected from individuals with cystic fibrosis, maintain a large isolate collection, conduct high-throughput competition assays, and be responsible for maintaing lab facilies and promoting a safe, friendly, and responsible research enviornment. This position is now open with applications closing on 17 October 2024; for more details and to apply, please check out jobs.manchester.ac.uk, Job reference: BMH-026892.





PDRA

autumn 2024 start, 2-year position

This soon-to-be advertised Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position is funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) Springboard award and open to both UK nationals and international candidates. In this project, the PDRA will use a set of interdisciplinary techniques to establish a hydrogel biofilm model, which they will use to study microbe-pathogen interactions within the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. The opening and closing dates for this position are TBA; check back here for more details in the coming weeks.




PDRA

early 2025 start, 2.3-year position

This soon-to-be advertised Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position is funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and open to both UK nationals and international candidates. This position is for a bioinformatic/dry-lab candidate who will develop new software and conduct analyses on microbial assocation network data generated from metagenomic sequencing of the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. The opening and closing dates for this position are TBA; check back here for more details in the coming weeks.




PDRA

early 2025 start, 3-year position

This soon-to-be advertised Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position is funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and open to both UK nationals and international candidates. This position is for a microbiologist interested in high throughput microbe-pathogen competition assays and use of a Drosophila melanogaster chronic infection model to investigate the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. The opening and closing dates for this position are TBA; check back here for more details in the coming weeks.




PhD STUDENTSHIP

autumn 2025 start

Details to be announced soon.





If you are interested in positions within the Lab, email Fiona your CV, and a short statement of interest.

The Whelan lab would be honoured to host applications to The British Academy's Fellowships for Researchers at Risk programme. If you work on anything vaguely related to our Research interests, please get in touch- I would be happy to help guide the submission of an application.

Additionally, we are always interested in individuals who would like to apply for scholarships or fellowships. Some options of funding opportunities follow:

Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Doctoral/Postgraduate Fellowships: