Research Assistant

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 to patient impact (new treatments, tests and prevention approaches), on a global scale.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Advanced Prostate Cancer group is concerned with the identification of markers for therapeutic responsiveness, prognostic markers, and new markers of early prostate disease. We take a multidisciplinary approach that utilises expertise from a number of cancer researchers within and outside the Garvan, as well as clinicians and pathologists. Our research aims to identify genes and pathways whose expression changes can predict the development of aggressive life-threatening prostate cancer or resistance to chemotherapy used for the treatment of advanced stage prostate cancer.

The Research Assistant, Level 4 to 6 is accountable for conducting experiments and assisting other researchers within the Advanced Prostate Cancer Research group.

**Salary**: Up To $92,300 + 14% Super + Salary packaging

Employment Type: 1 Year Full Time Fixed Term Contract

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS- Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)- Ample opportunities for on-going training and development- Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment- Flexible work arrangements e.g. start / finish times- 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation- A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave- Discounted Health Insurance- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Accountable for conducting experiments and some basic laboratory management within his/her Research Theme. Key responsibilities include:
- Plan experiments under supervision and conduct experiments under mínimal supervision- Liaise with clinical collaborators to arrange collection and cataloguing of clinical samples- Record experimental procedures and results, present findings at group meetings- Regularly attend meetings with the wider Research Theme community as required- Some lab management responsibilities in collaboration with senior lab members such as:
- Store duties, wash-up and cleaning of shared rooms- Stock control: monitoring and ordering consumables- Liaising with internal facilities managers and shared services- Liaising with external suppliers and couriers- Responsible for imparting knowledge in relation to skills or experimental expertise to junior staff and students- All staff are required to comply with Garvan’s workplace polices (as amended from time to time) and especially Garvan’s Work Health & Safety (WHS) Policy, including working in accordance with the WHS management system at all times, as safety is Garvan’s number one priority.

ABOUT YOU

The key skills and experience include:
- Bachelors’ Degree in Science or Medicine (1st Class Honours);- 3+ years’ experience in molecular biology/biochemistry laboratory or similar is essential. Experience with tissue culture will be highly regarded.- Experience with one or more of the following techniques is desirable: Western blot; DNA extraction; PCR/qPCR; RNA extraction; immunohistochemistry- Demonstrated ability to keep accurate records- Experience handling clinical samples (desirable)- Experience with data analysis (e.g. R studio or similar) (highly regarded)- Competent computer skills (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

Research Assistants within the Garvan are expected to possess the following attributes as shown below:
- Strong commitment to quality.- Team-focused approach.- High degree of flexibility.- Ability to take direction well.- Showing ability to time manage.- Appropriate prioritisation of workload.- Good communication skills.- Comfortable with basic decision making.

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
- Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are alwa