About this role
Job reference: BMH-031724 Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum depending on experience Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health Location: Oxford Road Employment type: Fixed Term Division/Team: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Science Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE) Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/07/2026 Contract Duration: Fixed term for 19 months School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
An enthusiastic and committed postdoctoral research associate is required to join the Arthritis UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, based at the University of Manchester. You will work closely with a research team working on a MRC funded project which aims to characterize non-coding regions of the genome that confer risk to osteoarthritis (OA) using functional genomics, with the ultimate goal of identifying the genes that cause OA, the mechanisms by which OA-associated SNPs alter their target genes, and novel therapeutic targets.
The post holder must hold a PhD and excellent knowledge of the genetics of OA and will be responsible for analysing, integrating and interpreting genomics and functional genomics datasets including Hi-C, CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and RNA-Seq, among others, alongside the generation of polygenic risk scores and functional annotation of genetic risk variants.
Duration: Fixed term available from 1st October 2026 until 30th April 2028
Hours: 1 FTE
Location: Centre for Genetics and Genomics, AV Hill Building, Oxford Road. University of Manchester, UK.
Responsible to: Prof Gisela Orozco
Informal enquiries can be made to Prof Gisela Orozco
Email [email protected]
Closing date: 13/07/2026
Please quote reference BMH-031724
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