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Closing: 10-Oct-2024
Expired
Job Summary
Dates
- Opening Date: 12-Sep-2024
- Closing Date: 10-Oct-2024
Location
- Crawley, Western Australia
Salary
- Base salary range: Level A, $80,520 – $108,362; Level B, $113,934 - $134,824 p.a. plus 17% superannuation.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate internationally with teams from Australia and Canada in Electrophysiology.
- Work with an outstanding international collaborative team to meet the aims of an NHMRC funded research project.
- Gain experience in a multidisciplinary team using CRISPR Cas9 techniques and patch clamp electrophysiology to understand the effects of mutations in the L-type calcium channel on function and cardiac excitability.
Requirements
- Relevant degree and post graduate qualification in biophysics and/or physiology or pharmacology or molecular science or biochemistry.
- Experience in patch-clamp measurement of ion channels, single channel and/or macroscopic currents, and pClamp software.
- Ability to supervise students and/or staff.
Benefits
- Flexible working options considered.
- 26 weeks paid parental leave after one year and 36 weeks after five years continuous service, regardless of gender.
- 4 weeks annual leave with the option to purchase more.
- 13 weeks long service leave after seven years.
- Salary packaging options.
- 17% superannuation, with the option to reduce to the minimum super guarantee.
- 25% off UWA full fee courses, discounted health insurance, and convenient on-campus childcare options.
- Incremental progression based on 12 months continuous service.
Notes
- This position is open to international applicants.
- To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Livia Hool at livia.hool@uwa.edu.au.
Closing: 17-Oct-2024
Expired
Job Summary
Dates
- Opening Date: 19-Sep-2024
- Closing Date: 17-Oct-2024
Location
- St Lucia Campus
Salary
- Base salary will be in the range $110,365.29 - $130,765.78 + 17% Superannuation (Academic Level B)
Responsibilities
- Establish a research program
- Collaborate on research projects
- Seek and manage research funding
- Publish in reputable journals
- Utilize best practice research methodologies
- Participate in project discussions
- Supervise students
- Recruit and manage employees
- Provide performance feedback and training
- Resolve conflicts
- Ensure correct remuneration and benefits
- Develop partnerships
- Demonstrate leadership through mentoring
- Engage in internal service roles and committees
- Perform administrative functions
- Provide support to colleagues
- Uphold university values
Requirements
- Completion of a PhD with a focus on the interaction of peptide modulators with ligand-gated ion channels
- Expertise in two-electrode voltage clamp electrophysiological characterisation of ligand-gated ion channels
- Experience with Australian quarantine regulations and quarantine material handling and processes
- Experience with Xenopus frog surgery and procurement, handling and maintenance of Xenopus oocytes
- Knowledge of the structure, function, and pharmacology of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs), particularly ASIC1a
- Proficiency in analysis of electrophysiological data using GraphPad Prism
- Skilled in protein and peptide purification and analytical characterisation (liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry)
- Experience with fluorescence-based microplate cell assays
- Experience with mammalian cell culture, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) generation and handling, and associated in vitro assay development
- Demonstrated ability to accurately record complex data and provide detailed technical reports
- Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presentations at conferences
- A commitment to participating in a diverse, equitable, inclusive and safe research laboratory environment
- Evidence of productive interactions with biotech companies
Benefits
- Access to world-class facilities and equipment
- Grant writing support
- Greater research funding opportunities
- Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options
- Flexible start/finish times
- Genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process
Notes
- Visa sponsorship may be available for this appointment
- Relocation support package available for those relocating from interstate or overseas