Post-doctoral Fellow, Malaria Research
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Closing date
- 14 Nov 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Medicine & Dentistry
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships, Postdocs
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
We are seeking to recruit a Post-doctoral Fellow to work with Professor Jake Baum within the School of Medical Sciences (SoMS) at UNSW. The position, based in state-of-the-art laboratories within the Wallace Wurth (Medicine) building, will facilitate work on the cellular biology of malaria parasite transmission from the mosquito vector to its destination in the liver, to understand the process and develop new vaccine strategies for implementation. The Baum lab (www.baumlab.com) is focussed on turning fundamental discoveries in parasite biology into interventions that will aid the control and eventual eradication of malaria; the lab is particularly passionate about point-of-care diagnostics and the long-hoped for dream of an efficacious, easy to deploy malaria vaccine.
SoMS is the largest School within the Faculty of Medicine and one of the largest at the University. It is a vibrant school, a place of work for over 240 staff, more than 150 higher degree students, and many thousands of undergraduate students. As well as its location in the Wallace Wurth building the school is physically linked to the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, which includes access to advanced imaging equipment through the Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility as well as flow cytometry, and maintains close linkages with the Lowy Cancer Research Centre, the Kirby Institute, the Biological Sciences Building and Single Molecule Science.
The Opportunity
- 3-Year, Full time Fixed-term opportunity
- Level A - B: $79K - $131K (+ 17% superannuation & leave loading)
- Start date approximately April/May 2022
- Sydney, Australia based.
A Post-Doctoral Fellow is expected to contribute towards the research effort of UNSW and to develop their research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to their particular field of research.
Skills and Experience
- A PhD in a related discipline, and/or relevant work experience.
- Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake high quality academic research and conduct independent research with limited supervision.
- Demonstrated track record of publications and conference presentations relative to opportunity.
- Demonstrated experience of working with an insectary dedicated to understanding infectious disease transmission
- Demonstrated experience of working with the malaria parasite either using a rodent malaria model and/or human malaria in vitro culture
- Extensive practical knowledge of cell biology and experience of using flow cytometry
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and interact with a diverse range of stakeholders and students.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Please apply online using the following link: Application Link
Contact (For job related queries):
Merita O'Connell
E: merita.oconnell@unsw.edu.au
Applications close: 14th November 2021
Find out more about working at UNSW at https://med.unsw.edu.au/
UNSW is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity
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- Telephone
- +(61)2 9385 1742
- Location
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HIGH ST
KENSINGTON
SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NSW 2052
AU
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