Diarmaid Hughes

Postdoctoral position in medical microbiology at Uppsala University This postdoctoral project is based at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Uppsala University, an international research and teaching environment with broad strengths in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, tumour biology, comparative genetics, functional genomics, immunology, bacteriology, and virology. The research is described as basic science with clear relevance to health and disease in both animals and humans. The position centers on bacterial chromosome biology and the evolution of bacterial genomes. The postdoctoral researcher will work on the genetic analysis of chromosome organization in bacteria, the creation and characterization of bacteria with hybrid chromosomes, and experimental evolution studies with genetic and phenotypic analysis of evolved strains. A further part of the work involves microbiological analysis of bacterial susceptibility and resistance to different classes of antibiotics. The role combines hands-on experimental microbiology and genetics with analytical work. The project includes work on genome sequencing and bacterial genome data analysis, as well as the development of new testable hypotheses based on results generated in the project. The researcher will also contribute to supervision of students, support laboratory management, and may take part in teaching. The position is linked to Professor Diarmaid Hughes at IMBIM, whose contact details are provided in the advert. The environment is strongly research-oriented and collaborative, with the project embedded in a department that covers core areas of microbial and molecular bioscience.