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The Position
CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience.
Gene drives are selfish genetic elements that are inherited at frequencies higher than normally expected. Recently this technology has been heralded as a potential game changer in the control of problematic species. What if we use this technology to reduce crop losses, reduce fungicide uses and make food safer? This postdoctoral fellow will investigate how natural gene drives work and if they could be used in sustainable agriculture. The successful applicant will undertake research directed at both:
- understanding the mode-of-action of biochemical mechanisms of natural gene drive systems, and
- gaining knowledge of how gene drives might behave in complex populations by combining experimental evolutionary biology and modelling approaches.
The experimental systems to be used will be relevant to Australian and global agriculture.
Your duties will include:
Under the direction of senior research scientists and engineers:
Location: Queensland, St Lucia
Salary: AU$83k- AU$94k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: 3 years full time or part time equivalent
Reference: 61555
To be successful you will need:
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Applications Close at 10.59 AEST 19 June 2019