Postdoctoral Position available
One of the most amazing biological processes is the development of a fertilized egg into a complex organism. It involves the orchestration of cellular processes such as cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and apoptosis, which is controlled by a delicate network of gene regulation and interaction. Disturbance of this network caused by gene mutation or mis-expression during development results in malformation and malfunction of organs, diseases such as cancer and often lethality. Therefore, each of these processes must involve a large number of regulatory mechanisms.
Until recently our work centred around the conventional dogma, which states that gene activity is controlled by transcription factor binding to proximal promoters and/or enhancers adjacent to genes. We are now extending these studies to include the fact that gene activity is also regulated post-transcriptionally by non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), such as microRNAs.
The Role: The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work in a team supervised by Dr Dagmar Wilhelm. The research project is in the general field of sex determination and gonad development, and specifically focuses on the role of non-coding RNAs in these processes. The project is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The Person: The applicant should hold a PhD in the area of biochemistry or developmental biology, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training. Experience in bioinformatic would be an advantage. The applicant should have the ability to plan, execute and interpret experiments independently; the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues; high level inter-personal and communication skills; and aptitude for research as demonstrated by publications in high quality international journals.
Further details are available from
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA
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