Position title: Research Fellow (OceanOmics Centre Ocean Genomes Laboratory)

Employer: University of Western Australia (UWA)

Closing date: 12 August 2022

Brief position description: Using modern genomic approaches, you will undertake research on marine vertebrates, focused on the production, QC and assembly of high-quality reference genome data. You will participate in the entire workflow from sample collection and processing, generating genomic sequence data in the laboratory using multiple modern genome sequencing technologies, with a focus on data processing, assembly, curation, analysis and dissemination.

In this unique role you will also be supported to develop your leadership skills. Working closely with the Centre’s UWA Principal Research Fellow, junior postdoctoral academics, the Centre’s Laboratory Manager, and diverse researchers from Minderoo Foundation you will contribute to decision making, oversee the work of technicians and PhD students and provide leadership in modern high-quality genome assembly production and publication.

This is a three-year fixed-term full-time level B postdoc position. Please see the job website for more details.

Job website: https://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/509270/research-fellow-ocean-omics-laboratory

Contact name: Richard Edwards

Contact email: rich.edwards@uwa.edu.au