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Research Fellow in BioSciences

University of NorthumbriaUK

Salary
£36k – £36k
Posted
16 August 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
medium
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker (A rating)
Role overview

University of Northumbria is hiring a Research Fellow in BioSciences in UK, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £36k – £36k. University of Northumbria holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Government Authorised Exchange route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description ABOUT THE ROLE Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will support the Principal Investigator, Dr Clara Ferreira, in delivery of research activity on the BBSRC-funded project SoBe – SOcial modulation of defence BEhaviours, which uses Drosophila melanogaster to uncover the neurobiological basis of the 'safety in numbers' effect. You will lead a strand of the project’s research programme, combining behavioural, neurogenetic and in vivo imaging approaches, with the opportunit…
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  • Employer: University of Northumbria — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Government Authorised Exchange
  • Advertised salary: £36k – £36k
  • How this salary compares: about 10% below the £40,000 median across 859 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: UK · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 137 other live scientific & qa roles in UK browse them
  • Posted: 16 August 2026
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