CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowships provide scientists and engineers opportunities to launch their careers, extend their professional networks and enhance their career prospects. As a Postdoctoral Fellow with CSIRO’s Future Science Platform Probing Biosystems you will join a multidisciplinary team.

Specifically you will:

Locations: Australia - Adelaide, SA (PD numbers 30302, 30304,), Canberra, ACT or Werribee, Vic (30307) Geelong, Vic (30308, 32221)
Salary: $78K to $88K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: 3 years
Ref No: 31262

To be considered you will have

• Carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO that will, where possible, lead to novel and important scientific outcomes.


• Collaborate with different teams across CSIRO towards achieving the goals of Probing Biosystems


• Undertake regular reviews of relevant literature and patents.


• Produce high quality scientific papers suitable for publication in quality journals.


• Prepare appropriate conference papers and present those at conferences


• Communicate effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients and suppliers in the interests of good business practice, collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO’s reputation
  

  *To be appointed candidates must have submitted their PhD by the time they commence, if a PhD has not been conferred.
  
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  • A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD*) in a relevant discipline such as: bioinformatics, biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, (epi)genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, nutritional genomics, pharmacology, virology, depending on the role. (Please click on the Position Details links below to see which disciplines are relevant to the role(s) that captures your interest.)
  
  
  • A record of science innovation and creativity plus the ability and willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches
  
  
  • The ability to interpret and analyse complex data in relation to biological systems
  
  
  • The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary research team, plus the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous research.