**Work type**:Fixed Term
- Full time - 2 positions
- Fixed term - 1 year
- Bendigo Campus
- Be part of a passionate and innovative team
**About the position**
**Specific duties/accountabilities for this position**
- Design and conduct interdisciplinary experiments drawing on and developing expertise in cell/molecular biology, physics, chemistry, and engineering.
- A willingness to learn new discipline areas independently.
- Handling and maintenance of immortalized cell cultures in a PC2 lab.
- Training and assistance of undergraduate and honours students.
- Literature review and hypothesis development.
- Sourcing and ordering of consumables and lab equipment.
**Skills and Experience**
To be considered for this position, you will have:
- **Level B -** Completion of a PhD or equivalent qualifications or research experience.
Or
- **Level A** - Completion of a bachelor's degree in the relevant discipline, and evidence of participation in higher level study relevant to discipline or professional area.
- Interdisciplinary experimental design combining cell/molecular biology with engineering/physics technologies.
- Experience in microscope maintenance and development.
- Advanced fluorescence microscopy data acquisition, processing and presentation, including use of relevant software and coding languages (i.e. Fiji/ImageJ, Illustrator/Photoshop, MATLAB/Python/R, or similar).
- Molecular biology skills including cloning, cell culture, Western blotting, fixation and fluorescent labelling.
- Efficiency in accessing and evaluating scientific literature.
- Efficiency in using software such as, or similar to, Endnote, Origin Pro, Prism, Illustrator, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position._
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**Benefits**:
- **17% employer contributed superannuation**:
- **Flexible work arrangements**:
- **Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses**
**How to apply**
**Closing date**: By 11:55pm, Sunday 12th January 2025
**Position Enquiries**:Donna Whelan, Senior Lecturer Rural Clinical Sciences Bendigo
**Recruitment Enquiries**:Lisa White, Talent Acquisition Consultant,
**Position Descriptions below**:
- **Cover letter,**:
- **An up-to-date resume and;**:
- **A separate document addressing each bullet point under the "Generic Essential Skills and knowledge required for the position", which is found in the position description.**
**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
**_ All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement_**.