Research Fellow

**Research Fellow**:
**Position Number**: 0064619
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Fixed-term for 12 months
**Faculty**:Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Department of Anatomy and Physiology
**Salary**:Academic A - $83,468 - $113,262 p.a. plus 17% super
Academic B - $119,231 - $141,581 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Conduct research directly aiding in innovative treatments for metabolic disorders such as obesity and type-2 diabetes**:

- **A unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic collaboration between both academia and industry**:

- **Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families**

**About the Role**
This position offers a unique opportunity to join a dynamic collaboration between academia and industry, where the work will directly contribute to innovative treatments for metabolic diseases like obesity and type-2 diabetes. This role is funded by AmarX, a pioneering biotech company dedicated to the development and commercialisation of groundbreaking therapies for metabolic disorders.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Designing and executing _in vivo_ and _in vitro _experiments focused on metabolism
- Collecting, analysing and interpreting data using specialised tools
- Delivering clear and timely data presentations at monthly board meetings that will inform decision making

**Who We Are Looking For**
You bring a strong desire and capability to build a career that bridges academic research and industry innovation. With demonstrated experience in conducting in vivo experiments using small laboratory animals to study metabolism, you have developed expertise in animal handling, anesthetisation, surgical techniques, and experimental design. Your proficiency in advanced research methodologies, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and immunohistochemistry techniques—including RNAscope, immunofluorescence staining, and cryostat sectioning—positions you as a skilled researcher in this field.

Your excellent verbal and written communication skills enable effective collaboration with senior researchers, stakeholders, and research teams, fostering productive partnerships and engagement. Additionally, you have a proven ability to articulate and present findings in public forums, including conferences, underscoring your commitment to knowledge dissemination. With a strong track record of designing, performing, analyzing, and communicating experiments, you contribute significantly to advancing innovative research.

You will also have:

- A PhD and technical expertise in neuroscience, metabolic diseases, or a related discipline
- Evidence of emerging local academic standing through research contributions
- Strong time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

**Your New Team - The Department of Anatomy and Physiology**
The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and the Department of Physiology have long and illustrious history, and have now come together to produce a department with a remarkable breadth and depth in research expertise that underpin our key research themes of neuroscience, metabolism and diabetes and cell biology.

The goal of the combined department is to remain at the forefront of scientific research aimed at understanding the structure and function of the human body in health and disease, while employing novel and imaginative research methods.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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