Research Technician

Job Description

The Role

We are seeking a skilled, highly motivated and experienced Research Assistant to join the “Trained Immunity – Improving Immune Health of Livestock” UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project awarded to Dr Amanda Gibson, embedded within the Sêr Cymru Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis, VetHub1 and the Department of Life Sciences at Aberystwyth University. The Research Assistant will support the Fellow, Post Doctoral Research Associate and postgraduate students to characterise trained immunity in cattle in close collaboration with project partners at Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), The Roslin Institute, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), University College Dublin (UCD) and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAe).

A largely understudied concept for improving livestock health and reducing infectious disease burden is trained immunity. Trained immunit...