A 4-year postdoc position on red fox population genomics is available
at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

You will be part of Dr Anders Bergström's research group
(https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/anders-bergstr%C3%B6m), and
work on a new project aiming to understand the diversity and evolution
of red foxes across the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on
contrasting foxes living in urban and rural environments. Cities
are expanding worldwide, with major implications for wildlife and
biodiversity, but the red fox is an iconic example of a species that
actually manages to thrive in these new environments. The project will
apply whole-genome sequencing to many hundreds of foxes from urban and
rural locations across the UK, to study the impact that urban environments
have on genetic diversity and adaptation.

You will have a postgraduate level research degree, equivalent
qualification or experience in a relevant research area and be able to
work in a collaborative and dynamic research environment. This will be
a computational post, in which you will be responsible for processing
genomic sequencing data from large numbers of fox samples, and lead
analyses of population structure, gene flow, kinship, inbreeding and
natural selection.

You should have experience working with genomics data and
bioinformatics analyses, handling large amounts of data in command
line and high-performance computing environments. Expertise in read
mapping, genotype calling, genotype imputation, statistical genetics and
genome-wide association testing would be particularly beneficial. You
should have a strong interest in evolutionary biology and population
genetics. The role can be entirely computational, but can also involve
some amount of lab work if this would be of interest.

This full-time post is available from 1 December 2025 (or as soon as
possible thereafter) on a fixed term basis until 30 November 2029.

Starting salary from 38,249 per annum, dependent on skills and
experience, with an annual increment up to 45,413 per annum.

For informal inquiries, contact Anders Bergström at:
a.bergstrom@uea.ac.uk

Advert link:
https://vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/1593/senior-research-associate-in-population-genomics-ra2327.html

"Anders Bergstrom (BIO - Staff)" <A.Bergstrom@uea.ac.uk>

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