Research Fellow – Neuromedicines Discovery Centre

Job No.: 640845

Location: Parkville campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $72,927 – $98,975 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

Monash University strongly advocates diversity & inclusion, equality, fairness and openness . We fully support the gender equity principles of the Athena SWAN Charter and invite you to join us in celebrating women in STEMM . 

The Opportunity

The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is looking to recruit a Research Fellow to join its research team, within the Neuromedicines Discovery Centre. As a Research Fellow, you will work collaboratively with academic and industry partners in the Molecular and Translational Drug Discovery lab based at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS).

The Research Fellow will perform key practical tasks involving animal handling, dissection, neuronal cell culture and sample preparation. You will have a PhD in cell biology, pharmacology, neuroscience or a closely related field. You will have demonstrated experience in sample preparation and optimisation for confocal microscopy, preferably with capacity to apply quantitative analysis techniques. You will have a deep understanding of neuronal cell biology along with practical skills in neuronal or native cell culture, animal handling and dissections. You will have skills in western blotting and qPCR.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to  “How to apply for Monash Jobs “.

Enquiries

Professor Chris Langmead, Professor and Deputy Director, Neuromedicines Discovery Centre, +61 3 9903 9096 or Dr Greg Stewart, Better Medicines Program Leader, Neuromedicines Discovery Centre, +61 3 9903 9227

Position Description

 Research Fellow – Neuromedicines Discovery Centre

Closing Date

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 11:55 pm AEDT

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