Matthias Landgraf

Postdoctoral position in Developmental Neuroscience and metabolism at the University of Cambridge , Department of Zoology, in collaboration with Marco Sciacovelli at the University of Liverpool. The project asks how metabolism instructs nervous system development during the critical period plasticity window in Drosophila . This is a cross-disciplinary opportunity combining wet-lab experimental work with some bioinformatics and omics data science . The post is funded by the BBSRC and offers a salary of £37,694-£46,049 per year at Grade 7 . Funding is available for up to 3 years , with a preferred start date between November 2026 and January 2027 . Applicants should be interested in neuroscience and metabolism, comfortable with wet-lab research, and willing to engage with computational analysis of omics data. The group highlights creativity, interdisciplinarity, curiosity, collaboration, and inclusiveness. Informal enquiries: Matthias Landgraf ( [email protected] ). Apply by 14 September via the linked portal and quote reference PF50636 .