Research Officer, Senior Research Officer or

7 days ago


Parkville, Australia The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Full time

Job Title

Research Officer, Senior Research Officer or Research Assistant - Naik Lab

**Job Description**:
An excellent opportunity is available for a Research Officer, Senior Research Officer or Research Assistant to join the Naik Lab, Immunology Division at Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.

About the Position

An exciting opportunity is available to the join the Immunology Department for an MRFF-funded translational project to help bring personalised Dendritic Cell (DC) immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer to the clinic. The Immunology Division has developed ground-breaking approaches to generate specialised DCs at a scale necessary for clinical trials, and methods to arm them to specifically react against the tumour. Our goal is to convert our research findings to a GMP-ready protocol for use in a clinical trial within 2 years, in conjunction with collaborators at the Centre of Excellence in Cellular Immunotherapy at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

The appointee will be responsible for identifying and testing new approaches to improve DC numbers and purity using in vitro protocols for mouse and/or human cultures from haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. These will then be tested for functionality in in vitro (T cell activation, cytokine production) or in vivo (clearance of tumours in mouse models) of DC function.

Selection Criteria

Personal qualities- PhD or equivalent experience- Excellent communication and collaboration with colleagues, working as part of a large team with a common goal- Impeccable record-keeping skills on ELNs- Self-motivation to meet and exceed the project’s milestones- Intrinsically curious and driven to improve the science

The knowledge and skills required for this role will include mastery of at least three (3) of the below;- Long term mouse or human cell culture experience- Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell biology and assays- Knowledge of the transcriptional, cytokine and other requirements for DC subtype generation- DC functional assays e.g. T cell activation and cytokine production- Murine tumour models- Experience with independent design and flexible setup of multi-parameter (>12) flow cytometry- Molecular biology skills including PCR, RNA-seq library preparation and next-gen sequencing- CRISPR, lentiviral and/or lipid nanoparticle gene delivery. Knowledge of or experience with GMP regulatory requirements for cell therapies- Proven track record of publications or delivery of project milestones

Terms of Appointment

This position is available for 2 years in a full time capacity. Salary is Research Employee Research Employee Level A6 - B6 ($93,841 - $125,339) or Research Support Employee Level RSE5 - RSE 6 ($73,621 - $92,345) depending on experience. Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.

General enquiries can be directed to A/Prof Shalin Naik

Position Descriptions are available for

Research Officer

;
Senior Research Officer

;
Research Assistant


How to Apply

Application Closing Date: 15 May 2023



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