Position title: Research Scientist – Human Gut Microbiome

Employer: CSIRO

Closing date: 3rd October 2021

Brief position description: CSIRO Health and Biosecurity is seeking a motivated Research Scientist to join the Microbiomes for One Systems Health - Future Science Platform (FSP). The FSPs address new scientific challenges for Australia.

In this role, you will use your gut microbiology capabilities to define critical elements of the human gut microbiome and their metabolic products that are important for maintaining health or predicting disease states. This will include will applying current and emerging statistical, bioinformatic and modelling methods to the analysis of complex data. The research will contribute to the ultimate goal of constructing a working model of the ideal human gut microbiome which will lead to long-term health benefits for Australian and global communities.

The Microbiome FSP is developing new understanding of microbiome connectivity across the environment to human continuum and how system perturbations impact on microbiome functionality, diversity and systems health. A key objective is to capture greater benefit from microbiome interactions through more informative and predictive frameworks for functionality and by targeted interventions.

Location: Adelaide, SA or Sydney, NSW
Salary: AU$100k – AU$108k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of up to 3 years
Reference: 76412

Full details about this role, including a link to the position description, can be found on the advert on CSIRO's website

Job website: http://jobs.csiro.au/job/Sydney%2C-NSW-Research-Scientist-Human-Gut-Microbiome/785728500/

Contact name: Kim Fung

Contact email: kim.fung@csiro.au