About this role
Job reference: BMH-030688 Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health Location: Oxford Road Employment type: Fixed Term Division/Team: Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine Hours Per Week: 1 FTE Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/02/2026 Contract Duration: 36 months School/Directorate: School of Biological Sciences
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher position to work with investigators at the Discovery Research Platform for Cell-Matrix Biology.
The focus of this role is on improving image analysis pipelines and to integrate imaging data into computational models. It is an opportunity to work with research groups across the Cell-Matrix Centre and the Bioimaging Facility. The appointee will be part of a larger consortium of technology focussed scientists within the Centre working on developing novel toolkits and approaches for cutting edge extracellular matrix research.
This is a full-time appointment starting 1 March 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, and is for a fixed term of 3 years.
Located at The University of Manchester, the Centre is one of eight Discovery Research Platforms recently awarded by the Wellcome Trust. The Discovery Research Platform for Cell-Matrix Biology will address a range of practical, technological, and methodological barriers to understanding how changes in the extracellular matrix leads to tissue failure. We are seeking driven and ambitious individuals to play a pivotal role in overcoming these barriers. Successful candidates will contribute to our bold vision to reprogramme extracellular matrix, which has the potential to lead to innovative new diagnostic tools and treatments for diseases such as cancer and fibrosis. The platform will embrace a Team Science approach and provide an exciting opportunity to work with groups from diverse research areas and collaborate across disciplines.
What will you get in return:
Fantastic market leading Pension scheme Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays Additional paid closure over the Christmas period Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
The school is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The school holds a Silver Award which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. Appointment will always be made on merit. For further information, please visit: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality/
Our university is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.