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CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in RNAi Control of Invasive Ants
CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.
The CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellow in RNAi control of invasive ants will join the Managing Invasive species and Diseases team in CSIRO’s Health and Biosecurity Business Unit. The postdoctoral fellow will undertake research to explore the potential for using RNAi as a control mechanism for invasive ants.
The role will plan and undertake a series of targeted experiments that will overcome the factors limiting the use of RNAi as a control measure for invasive ants. The project will attempt to identify which of the multiple reasons (individual construct coding, construct design, species-level or subfamily-level ant genetics, gene redundancy, etc) is responsible for why RNAi constructs are predominantly failing in ant gene-silencing experiments.
The project will build on research previously undertaken within the CSIRO Business Units for Health & Biosecurity, Land & Water and Agriculture & Food.
Location: Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland
Salary: AU$86k - AU$94k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 3 years
Reference: 71448
For full details about this role please view the Position Description
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Applicants must be Australian/New Zealand citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or Australian temporary residents currently residing in Australia.
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Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.
29 April 2021, 11:00pm AEST