Research Scientist – Host Biomarkers of Infectious Diseases

The role of Research Scientist/Engineer staff is to conduct innovative research leading to scientific achievements that are aligned with CSIRO’s strategies. The Research Scientist/Engineer may be engaged in scientific activity ranging from fundamental research to the investigation of specific industry or community problems. 

• Supportive, rewarding, inclusive, and truly flexible environment.
• Team based, collaborative culture.
• Join CSIRO and support Australia’s premier scientific organisation!

In your role as Research Scientist, you will join the Host Response Team at the Australian Centre of Disease Preparedness (ACDP) to develop a new project area focused on future technologies to improve the management of infectious diseases impacting human and animal health.  Specifically, you will investigate if the outcomes of important infections/syndromes of both animals and humans caused by co-infection (e.g. viral + bacterial) can be forecast by immune-based biomarkers. Bovine respiratory disease, and a pneumonia will serve as model systems.  To be successful, you will require skills in molecular biology, bioinformatics, and microbiology and will lead activities involving next-generation sequencing, machine learning (ML)-enabled data analysis, and the development of specialised assays for biomarker quantification.