Postdoc: Immunology & Urinary Tract Disease

University of Sydney; Sydney; Vor Ort; AUD 106.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Urinary Tract Disease Research Group at the University of Sydney seeks a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our growing program, focusing on chronic urinary tract diseases. The role combines immunology, multi-omics approaches, and translational research to inform diagnostics and therapies.

You will design and lead laboratory projects, develop preclinical models, analyse complex datasets, supervise students, and contribute to grant submissions while collaborating with

Qualifikationen

• PhD in immunology or closely related biomedical discipline (e.g. microbiology, molecular biology, biomedical science, medical science)
• Extensive hands-on experience with mouse models of disease, including experimental design, complex animal procedures, disease phenotyping, tissue collection and downstream analyses
• Demonstrated expertise in immunology, host-pathogen interactions, inflammation, infectious disease biology
• Demonstrated experience conducting independent biomedical research to completion
• Strong publication record relative to career stage
• Demonstrated experience with extensive laboratory techniques relevant to molecular, cellular and translational biomedical research
• Strong analytical, organisational, time and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including scientific writing and presentation experience
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary research team.
• Highly developed bioinformatics expertise in one or more of: scRNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics
• Experience establishing, maintaining and interrogating organoid systems or advanced 3D epithelial cell culture models
• Experience in histological and histopathological assessment of mouse tissues and biospecimens, including tissue processing, sectioning, staining, imaging and quantitative analysis
• Experience with confocal microscopy and quantitative image analysis
• Experience with flow cytometric characterisation of immune cells in tissues
• Experience with supervising undergraduate or postgraduate research students
• Experience developing collaborations with academic, clinical or industry partners
• Experience contributing to competitive grant, fellowship or other funding applications

Aufgaben

• Design, conduct and lead laboratory-based research projects investigating urinary tract disease
• Employ and further develop advanced experimental techniques including immunology, molecular biology, biomarker discovery and preclinical disease models
• Analyse and interpret complex experimental datasets and contribute to high-quality research outputs and publications
• Assist with the supervision and mentoring of honours, PhD and research students
• Contribute to grant applications, ethics submissions and research reporting
• Establish and maintain productive collaborations with academic, clinical and industry stakeholders
• Present research findings at local seminars, national conferences and international scientific meetings
• Undertake administrative activities and contribute to school and faculty initiatives as appropriate
• Foster a positive and inclusive research culture that values collaboration, innovation and excellence
• Support and contribute to the strategic priorities of the school, faculty and university
• Undertake other duties and projects appropriate to the classification of the role.

Kenntnisse

Immunology

Host-pathogen interactions

Biomedical research

Data analysis

Publication record

Team supervision

Bioinformatics

Translational research

Grant writing

Independent research

Ausbildung

PhD in immunology or related biomedical discipline

Tools

Mouse disease models

Histology

Jobbeschreibung

The Urinary Tract Disease Research Group at the University of Sydney seeks a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our growing program, focusing on chronic urinary tract diseases. The role combines immunology, multi-omics approaches, and translational research to inform diagnostics and therapies.

You will design and lead laboratory projects, develop preclinical models, analyse complex datasets, supervise students, and contribute to grant submissions while collaborating with