University of Sydney
Life and Environmental Sciences
PostdoctoralResearchAssociate
“Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Sydney. Skills: Plant Developmental Biology, flower development, Arabidopsis thaliana, organ positioning, cell polarity patterning, perturbation approaches, live-imaging. generate and maintain transgenic Arabidopsis lines containing GFP-based polarity reporters. document protein expression and localization patterns using live imaging and whole-mount immunolocalization”
Industry & Context.
test regulatory hypotheses
pre-employment or background checks, declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
PhD (or near completion) in plant cell, developmental or molecular biology, or related field, proven track record of scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team, a desire to contribute to an interdisciplinary collaborative project, working closely with partner scientists, expertise in plant genetics, cloning, biochemistry, gene expression and protein-protein interaction analysis
Nice to Have
experience with dissection and confocal imaging
What You'll Do.
generate and maintain transgenic Arabidopsis lines containing GFP-based polarity reporters
document protein expression and localization patterns using live imaging and whole-mount immunolocalization
devise and conduct fine-scale perturbation experiments to test regulatory hypotheses
supervise PhD students working on related projects
coordinate research activities with international collaborators
present findings at conferences and seminars
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with partner scientists; coordinate research activities with international collaborators
Communication Scope
present findings at conferences and seminars; write manuscripts
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