The Department of Infection Biology brings together pathogen molecular biology and immunology and infection research across the School. The Department benefits from state-of-the-art facilities and strong collaborations, many of which are with partners in disease endemic countries.

The Department of Infection Biology is looking to appoint a Research Fellow to join the highly successful and supportive team laboratory team of Prof John Kelly at the main Keppel Street building in London.

The postholder will work in a multidisciplinary project aiming to generate genetically modified T. cruzi cell lines, where quiescence is an inducible phenotype, both in vitro and in vivo and to integrate these lines into the drug-development pipeline to aid the discovery of novel therapeutics that eliminate “persister” parasites. This will involve undertaking research on Trypanosoma cruzi with the aim of identifying the molecular determinants of persistence after drug treatment.

The successful candidate will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic, proven expertise in trypanosome genetic manipulation and functional analysis, as evidenced by first name authorship, proven expertise in the generation and analysis of proteomic and RNAseq data, as evidenced by first name authorship. Further particulars are included in the job description. 

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 December 2026. The post is funded by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. 

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 - £51,872 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference ITD-DIB-2026-05.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

Closing Date: 09 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata inclusive

The Department of Infection Biology brings together pathogen molecular biology and immunology and infection research across the School. The Department benefits from state-of-the-art facilities and strong collaborations, many of which are with partners in disease endemic countries.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to join a research programme that applies advanced bioinformatic, statistical, and population genomic approaches to large-scale sequencing data from a range of bacterial and parasite pathogens, including Mycobacterium and Plasmodium species.

The postholder should have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant discipline (e.g. molecular biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence or statistics), with strong computational skills and experience working with genomic or large-scale biological datasets. Further particulars are included in the job description. 

The post is full-time, 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 May 2028. The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available from 01 June 2026.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference ITD-DIB-2026-04.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

Closing Date: 05 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata inclusive