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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Microbiology - Agriculture and Food Sciences

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
Australia
Salary
$99,307 - $106,448 p.a.
Closing date
Mar 20, 2019

Job Details

The School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

The School of Agriculture and Food Sciences is Australia's most diversified agriculture research and teaching school, comprising research and teaching experts in agribusiness and the science disciplines of animals and wildlife, plants and soil sciences, food and nutrition science. With nearly 350 staff, 300 higher degree research students and over $33 million in operating and research income, the School has helped UQ to become recognised as the world's top ranked tropical agriculture university, and the leading agriculture university in Australia.

Located at St Lucia and Gatton, the School is a large and dynamic multidisciplinary hub focused on applied research and teaching within the Faculty of Science committed to finding innovative and technology focused solutions to global challenges. The School offers a range of undergraduate postgraduate coursework and research degrees encompassing agriculture and related disciplines ranging from Bachelor Degree to Doctorate.

With a diverse group of internationally regarded scientists, the School hosts six research concentrations, of which three are aligned with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation- a joint initiative between The University of Queensland and the Queensland State Government. Quality laboratories and facilities and strong partnerships with industry, community and government bodies, provide an environment that enables world class research and research training in a collaborative and cooperative spirit for postgraduate students and researchers.

The role

The successful appointee will participate in a research project funded by the Australian Research Council investigating the roles and signalling pathways of the bacterial second messenger cyclic-di-AMP, in industrially relevant Gram-positive bacteria. The position will provide research input to other staff and research students where relevant, participate in interactions with research collaborators at UQ (AIBN) and overseas (NTU, Singapore), and provide support in project direction and research paper preparation.

The person

Applicants should possess or be close to completing a PhD in the relevant discipline area with a developing and successful research career in molecular microbiology. Ideally, the successful candidate would have experience in bacterial genetics, 'omics' and bioinformatics techniques, as well as biochemistry, including experience with Gram-positive bacteria. You should have demonstrated research and experimental troubleshooting skills, a track record of publications in quality international journals, independence, ability to initiate new research directions and the capacity to work with multidisciplinary research teams.

The University of Queensland values diversity and inclusion and actively encourages applications from those who bring diversity to the University. Please refer to the University's Diversity and Inclusion webpage ( http://www.uq.edu.au/equity ) for further information and points of contact if you require additional support.

Remuneration

This is a full-time, fixed term appointment at Research Academic level A. The remuneration package will be in the range $84,878 - $90,982 p.a., plus employer superannuation contributions of up to 17% (total package will be in the range $99,307 - $106,448 p.a.).

Enquiries

To discuss this role please contact Associate Professor Mark Turner on +61 7 336 57364 or m.turner2@uq.edu.au

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