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Senior Research Officer - Blood Cancer Research Group
Mater Research are looking for a Senior Research Officer to join the team! This maximum term (1 year), full-time role will be based at our South Brisbane campus.
Mater Research is a recognised leader in medical research. Our bench to bedside philosophy sees us working across Mater Health’s hospitals and health services, The University of Queensland, and the world-class Translational Research Institute (TRI).
We are committed to working closely with Mater Health, Mater Education and our growing network of partners and collaborators to turn scientific discovery into the best possible treatment, care, and outcomes for patients and our broader community.
Salary: $98,658 - $106,057 plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900
What you’ll be doing
The Research Officer or Senior Research Officer is expected to critically evaluate data and literature, design and perform experiments to discover and functionally validate new targets in aggressive forms of breast and ovarian cancer.
As a part of this project patients derived organoid cocultures will be set up, synthetic lethal drug/CRISPR screens will be performed followed by testing in vivo in patient-derived xenograft models.
For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here – Research Officer -Tumour biology and therapeutics.pdf
About you
You will have a PhD submitted in related field of Science. You will also meet the below criteria:
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
For further information please contact Kum Kum Khanna, Professorial Research Fellow, via kumkum.khanna@mater.org.au.
Applications close on Monday 6 May 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.