The Francis Crick Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer Biologist
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom4 days ago
£47,500 – £47,500Full Time
Salary for this Role:
From £47,500 with benefits, subject to skills and experience.
Job Title:
Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer BiologistReports to:
Leanne LiClosing Date:
11/Jun/2026 23.59 GMTJob Description:
Postdoctoral Fellow – Cancer Biologist (Li Lab)
Contract term: This is a full-time, fixed term (4 years) position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.
Reports to: Leanne Li, Group Leader
Salary for this Role: From £47,500 with benefits, subject to skills and experience
Application Deadline: Thursday 11th June 2026 at 11.55pm
About us
The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions.
The Crick is a place for collaboration, innovation and exploration across many disciplines. A space where the brightest minds can pursue big and bold ideas and discover answers to crucial scientific questions. We support them in a dynamic environment which fosters excellence with state-of-the-art infrastructure, cutting-edge facilities, and a creative and curious culture. We’ve removed traditional boundaries of departments, divisions and disciplines and instead have an open approach that supports every researcher. This gives us the freedom to take risks and carry out high-quality, pioneering research. Creating a space for discovery without boundaries helps us to turn our science into benefits for human health and the economy.
About the Cancer-Neuroscience Lab
The Li lab explores how the nervous and immune systems interact in cancer and how these insights could unlock approaches to treatment.
Using advanced mouse models and tissue culture systems, the team investigates how neuroimmune crosstalk shapes cancer development and progression, with a focus on how the nervous system influences immune responses in tumours.
About the Project
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to spearhead a project tackling one of the major challenges in cancer research: What are the roles of the neuroimmune interactions in cancer? Can we harness these interactions to treat cancer?
The Postdoctoral Fellow will drive their own projects, while collaborating on other projects (both internally and externally) and guiding PhD students in their research.
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for:
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About you
Essential:
(Minimum criteria*)
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About Working at the Crick
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What will you receive?
At the Francis Crick Institute, we value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development:
Please note you must meet the essential criteria listed within the Role Profile, to have your application reviewed.
We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any given time due to the number of applications received.
