The Hill Laboratory

biomedical research

ResearchOfficer

$104–112k North Ryde, Australia FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Research Officer at The Hill Laboratory. Skills: structural and functional knowledge about antibody responses to Streptococcus pyogenes virulence factors, vaccines and therapeutics development, biophysical techniques, protein structure determination, X-ray crystallography, Cryo-EM. characterising antibody recognition of bacterial toxins or vaccine antigens using a range of biophysical techniques. laboratory research”

What You'll Achieve.

inform development of vaccines and therapeutics; lead the production of publications from that research

Industry & Context.

biomedical research
Problems you'll solve

analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

PhD in Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology or equivalent, Demonstrated analytical and manuscript preparation including a track record of refereed research publications, project management abilities with excellent oral and written communication skills, Experience in the design and optimisation of constructs for expression of recombinant proteins in E. coli, insect cells (Sf21), or mammalian cells (HEK 293F), Experience in biophysical techniques to characterize protein-protein interactions such as BLI (Octet), SPR, ITC or mass photometry, Demonstrated experience in determining protein structures through X-ray crystallography and/or Cryo-EM

Nice to Have

Experience in computational protein design, Prior experience with antibody epitope determination

What You'll Do.

characterising antibody recognition of bacterial toxins or vaccine antigens using a range of biophysical techniques

project management tasks

administrative tasks to support laboratory operations

oversee project timelines

and governance requirements

management of confidentiality and intellectual property

oversee stakeholder engagement with academic and industry partners

co-supervise and/or mentor postgraduate students and other junior team members

support other research projects in the laboratory

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

join a multi-disciplinary team; regular consultation and support from the Laboratory Head and team members; work in a collegiate manner with other staff; work constructively within a team environment

Communication Scope

excellent oral and written communication skills; high-quality written reports; oral presentations

Process & Methodology

project management abilities, oversee project timelines, reporting, ethics, governance requirements, management of confidentiality and intellectual property

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