Part-time Movie Research Assistant

Garvan Institute of Medical Research brings together world leading scientists and clinicians, collaborating locally and globally, to advance our understanding of disease, particularly cancer, autoimmunity and genetic disorders. Garvan is a global leader in fundamental biomedical research and its translation. Our mission is to make discoveries that will...

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is widely reputed as the pre-eminent medical research institute in Australia and has strong working links with other leading research groups in Australia, specifically for this project, the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at the University of New South Wales Sydney. CHeBA is an international centre of...

The Human Immune Disorders Laboratory investigates the development and function of immune cell populations in healthy and disease settings. In particular, there is an emphasis on the study of inborn errors of immunity - patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) resulting from disease-causing monogenic germline mutations that affect the functioning of...

THE OPPORTUNITY This is an exciting opportunity to work on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie immune diseases such as allergy and autoimmunity. The research assistant will be working under the supervision of Prof Tri Phan and A/Prof Elissa Deenick whose labs are part of the Precision Immunology program at Garvan. The projects...

The Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Disorders Lab is focused on improving care in genetic kidney disease through increasing genomic diagnosis for families and building understanding of disease mechanisms. The laboratory has an established disease-focus in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, the most common single-gene cause of kidney...

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is widely reputed as the pre-eminent medical research institute in Australia and has strong working links with other leading research groups in Australia, specifically for this project, the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at the University of New South Wales Sydney. CHeBA is an international centre of...

The Skeletal Diseases Program (co-led by Profs Mike Rogers and Jackie Center) is one of six new strategic research programs at the Garvan Institute. This multi-disciplinary team consists of laboratory-based and clinical researchers working together, with national and international partners, to address major challenges in bone health, with a specific focus on...

Garvan’s 2030: Discoveries to Impact Strategy is designed to galvanise Garvan’s researchers, professional staff, partners, donors and community around our vision of _Global leadership in discoveries to impact_, and to enable us as an Institute to deliver on that vision - such that Garvan becomes an institute where research discoveries are taken through...

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THE OPPORTUNITY The Research Assistant will work within a team to investigate mechanisms of epigenetic disruption in cancer. The project will specifically focus on CCCTC Binding Factor (CTCF) - a mediator of 3D chromatin conformation. CTCF-binding sites are commonly mutated in cancer. The research assistant will be trained in exciting, cutting-edge...