Applications are invited for appointment to the position of Research Assistant to work with Professor Glenda Halliday and Dr Claire Shepherd on a project aimed at examining the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease. The successful candidate will be required to carry out experimental work using cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease, and to assist in managing the cell culture laboratory.
Key areas of responsibility will include the preparation and maintenance of cell cultures, cell culture experiments (including protein, DNA and RNA extractions, RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and ELISA), data analysis and report writing, in addition to maintaining laboratory equipment and stocks, ensuring laboratory compliance with OH&S regulations, and assisting with laboratory administration.
Essential skills: Degree in Science with honours; previous cell culture laboratory experience; proven organisational and time management skills; excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal and problem solving skills; ability to work independently & within a team environment.
Desirable skills: Previous experience with immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, ELISA, RT-PCR and neuroanatomy.
Duration : 12 months with the possibility of renewal
Dr. Claire Shepherd Phone: (02) 9399 1090
Please send application addressing the selection criteria to Lee Hilton, PO Box 82, St Pauls, NSW 2031 Fax: 9399 1026.
Closing: Friday, 12th February 2010.
Up to six supplementary PhD scholarships, currently valued to $8,120 per annum, will be awarded to medicine, science or allied health graduates with their own Australian Postgraduate Award, NHMRC or similar scholarship to undertake doctoral studies under the supervision of one of the Institute Faculty members.
Potential candidates should make contact with the proposed Research group leader (see www.powmri.edu.au/research). An application form is available for download or from Lee Hilton, (02) 9399 1001
Application closing date: Friday, February 12, 2010
Applications are invited for a Project Officer/Interviewer, to work in a NHMRC funded project being undertaken by Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in partnership with Aboriginal communities in Metropolitan Sydney. The study, known as the Koori Growing Old Well Study is about what factors support Aboriginal people in growing older, how known diseases and risk factors contribute to or prevent dementia, and service provision. This study has been endorsed by the AHMRC and Aboriginal Community Organisations. Field interviews will commence in 2010.
The Project Officer/Interviewer would work initially at the Campbelltown/Tharawal study site.
Essential criteria: Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline (e.g. Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or other health or social discipline); experience in research project management including fieldwork; the ability to train research assistants in research protocols; good communication and personal skills; excellent time management, organizational, and problem solving skills; ability to work independently and within a team environment.
Desirable skills: knowledge of and ability to liaise with Aboriginal communities; Research experience or interest in the health and well being of older Indigenous Australians; interest in brain and mind sciences; current NSW driver’s license and ability to travel within NSW.
Dr. Holly Mack Phone: (02) 9399 1048 or Professor Tony Broe Phone: 0414 192 000
Mail: PO Box 82 St Pauls NSW 2031.
Please send application addressing the selection criteria to Lee Hilton, PO Box 82, St Pauls, NSW 2031 Fax: 9399 1026.
We seek a postdoctoral researcher to work on an ARC funded research project investigating episodic memory in humans using convergent neuropsychological and brain imaging approaches. The successful applicant will be working within FRONTIER (www.ftdrg.org), a multidisciplinary research group led by Prof John Hodges and Dr Olivier Piguet, investigating frontotemporal dementia, progressive aphasia and related neurodegenerative brain disorders using a wide range of methods.
Essential criteria: PhD or equivalent in Psychology or clinical neuroscience; good knowledge of experimental designs and statistical analyses; excellent organisational and management skills and ability to work to deadlines; an interest in the cognitive neuroscience of neurodegenerative disorders; excellent interpersonal skills; Australian driver’s licence.
Desirable criteria: experience with MRI data software analysis packages (SPM, FSL) and MATLAB programming; experience working with older healthy adults and patients with dementia or brain disorders.
Phone: 02 9399 1113
Mail: PO Box 82 St Pauls NSW 2031.
Closing: Wednesday, December 23, 2009.
A scholarship (equivalent to APA level) is available to support a 3 year full time PhD project examining the motor control after stroke and with rehabilitation. This project will investigate functional ability and force control in stroke patients and able-bodied control subjects.
Essential criteria: a superior Honours degree in a relevant biomedical or science discipline; Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
Preference will be given to candidates with experience in human physiology or rehabilitation.
(including CV, copy of academic transcript, contact details for two referees) to Dr Penelope McNulty, p.mcnulty@powmri.edu.au +612 9399 1074, fax 02 93991005, PO Box 82, St Pauls 2031.
Applications are invited for appointment to the position of Technical Assistant within GRA, an NHMRC enabling facility. GRA provides researchers with a central national facility for the processing, long-term secure storage and distribution of human genetic samples (DNA and cell lines). The successful candidate will be required to support laboratory activities by assisting with the production of immortalised human cell lines and DNA isolation for subsequent genetic analysis.
Essential skills:TAFE qualifications in Science; laboratory experience including sterile cell culture techniques; good communication and record keeping skills; ability to work within a team environment.
Desirable skills:Previous experience in blood processing, DNA extraction, cell line establishment and reagent preparation.
Steve Turner, Facility Manager, 9399 1068, gra@powmri.edu.au
