- Excellent development opportunity and targeted career advancement plan
- Utilise your qualifications in plant genetics or related area
- Join CSIRO & really make a difference - Australian Science, Australia's Future!
The Position
Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO provide opportunities to scientists and engineers, who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships will help launch their careers, provide experience that will enhance their career prospects, and facilitate the recruitment and development of potential leaders for CSIRO.
Postdoctoral Fellows will work closely with a leading Research Scientist or Engineer in their respective field. They carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO with the possibility of novel and important scientific outcomes. They present the findings in appropriate publications and at conferences.
We currently have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Fellow to be part of a team working on various aspects of Fusarium diseases in CSIRO Agriculture and Food Brisbane Laboratories. Working together with other team members, you will conduct innovative research leading to rapid development of diagnostic markers for loci conferring Fusarium crown rot resistance in barley. Candidate genes for resistance will be identified, validated, and exploited in breeding elite lines for breeding programs.
If this sounds like you, come and join CSIRO Agriculture and Food and contribute to the development of breakthrough genetic breeding technologies!
Specifically you will:
- Under the direction of senior research scientists, carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO that will, where possible, lead to novel and important scientific outcomes.
- Generate suitable genetic stocks for fine mapping loci conferring Fusarium crown rot resistance.
- Develop markers closely linked with targeted loci.
- Identify and validate candidate genes via fine mapping and map-based gene cloning.
Location: St Lucia (Brisbane) Queensland, Australia
Salary: AU$81K to AU$88K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: 2 year term
Reference: 23282
To be successful you will need:
- A PhD (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in plant genetics or a related area, and demonstrated relevant research experience in plant molecular genetics or a related area.
- Demonstrated experience in QTL mapping, fine mapping and/or map-based gene cloning in plant species.
- Demonstrated proficiency with statistical tools used in genetic mapping analysis.
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including at national and international conferences.
Owing to the terms of the fellowship, candidates must not have more than 3 years of relevant full time postdoctoral experience.
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Before applying please view the full position details and selection criteria here: Position Details
Applications Close: 11:59pm AEST, 11 August 2016
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