Employer: Florey Institute of Neurosicence and Mental Health

Closing date: 20/12/2023

Brief position description: About Us

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health is a medical research institute specialising in the brain and mind and is one of the world’s top 10 brain research centres. We employ exceptionally talented people who work to solve the greatest brain and mind challenges of our era. Our staff and students are the bedrock of our research and success, and we strive for excellence by fostering partnerships and empowering people. At the Florey our mission-driven culture enables our people to collaborate, thrive, learn, make ground-breaking discoveries and advance humanity through brain and mind science.

About the role:

The candidate will be responsible for:

Reporting to the chief investigator, Drs Nicholas Pan and Liang Jin with multiple tasks (with a focus on data analysis), working both as part of a team and independently.
Provide trainings to honours and HDR students within the group
Contribute to project reports, and to grant proposals and publications as appropriate
Draft and contribute to scientific materials, including literature reviews, ethics, grant submissions, protocols, and documents
Participate in team meetings and working groups and interact with group members
Undertake general administration duties, supporting the research team
Support the collective vision and mission of the Florey through
open and collaborative communication that promotes positive and respectful relationships
fostering and supporting innovation within the team and broader Institute teams
excellence in practice driven by a focus on equity, diversity and inclusivity

The successful candidate will have:

A Masters* or PhD degree in a relevant area or related discipline
Communicate highly effectively in oral and written form
Excellent and succinct writing skills
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Competence in use of software products for bioinformatic analysis
Relevant working experience, evidenced by e.g. publications
Experience with the below is desirable, but not essential:

Academic background in neuroscience, immunology
Experience in proteomics, scRNA sequencing
Experience in machine learning
Experience in teaching/student supervision

Job website: http://floreyinstitute.applynow.net.au/jobs/FLOREY182-research-assistant-bioinformatics-neuroscience-focused

Contact name: Nicholas Pan

Contact email: yijun.pan@unimelb.edu.au