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Postdoctoral Fellow (NHMRC Research Officer / Senior Research Officer) in Brisbane, Queensland
Applications are invited for an NHMRC funded postdoctoral research fellow to work in the field of cardiomyocyte research in the laboratory of Professor Chen Chen at the School of BioMedical Sciences, University of Queensland. This is a position funded by NHMRC working on cardiac myocyte cell biology in vitro. The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Positions will be for 18 months in the first instance and may be renewed depending on performance and funding availability. We would also like to fill one PhD studentship position with talented and highly motivated PhD scholar with full scholarship plus enhancement support.
Professor Chen Chen’s research is focussed on the cellular mechanisms underlying the action of metabolic regulatory hormones in cardiac myocytes and neuroendocrine, pancreatic islet endocrine cells. Pathological changes in chronic heart failure, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and ageing are our research targets, and the development of therapeutic strategies targeting these pathological changes are also under intensive investigation.
Successful applicants will be expected to take up a research project in cardiomyocyte research area using fresh prepared cardiac myocytes from adult rat and cultured cardiac myocytes from neonatal rat. Applicants for this position should have a PhD/MD in a relevant discipline (membrane biophysics, molecular biology, cell biology, pharmacology, physiology etc.) and experience in the area of cardiac research, especially single cell cardiac myocyte calcium measurement, contraction and electrophysiology would be a big bonus. Patch clamp experience would be a plus. Applicants for PhD studentships must meet the requirement set by the University of Queensland.
The laboratory is located at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland, very close to Brisbane CBD. The School of BioMedical Sciences has a number of internationally-leading medical research groups (www.uq.edu.au/sbms/). This laboratory have complete facilities for cell culture, biochemical, molecular, and single cell electrophysiology/Ca/contraction/secretion studies.
For further enquiries contact:
Prof. Chen Chen, MD, PhD
Tel. 61-7-33653856 (Int.) or 07-33653856 (within Australia)
Email: chen.chen@uq.edu.au
Application (with at least 2 possible referees contact details) to Ms. Deborah McCamley d.macamley@uq.edu.au.