Research Assistant / Associate in immunology

Salary

Research Assistant: £33,951 to £35,608 per annum
Research Associate: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum

Closing Date

26 June 2026

The Role

Research assistant/research associate in the Haematopoiesis and Immunogenomics Lab (HI Lab) at Newcastle University, covering maternity leave. The position focuses on understanding how human immunity is generated and regulated through haematopoiesis. Responsibilities include applying cutting‑edge cell culture, transcriptomic, epigenetic, and genomic approaches, implementing single‑cell multi‑omics and functional genomics, and using integrative computational analyses to define transcriptional networks that control immune cell differentiation and function. The role also involves translating mechanistic insights into novel therapeutic strategies such as engineered immune cell products and dendritic cell‑based immunotherapies.

Key duties are: design and execution of experiments, analysis o...