Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Virology

• Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)

• Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50

• Conduct pre-clinical vaccine development with UQ’s molecular clamp platform

• Access state-of-the-art facilities to further your research endeavours 

• Based at our vibrant St Lucia Campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

About This Opportunity 

This is Research focused Academic position within an established research group, conducting pre-clinical vaccine development with UQ’s molecular clamp platform for viruses of medical importance. The role is split across two research areas. Roughly 0.5FTE will focus on implementing a monoclonal antibody discovery pipeline as part of UQ’s Rapid Response Vaccine Pipeline, which is funded by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Roughly 0.5FTE will focus on contract research conducted for UQ spinout company Vicebio on preclinical development of viral vaccines.

Key responsibilities will include: 

Research

• Conduct high quality and focused research as part of a team to achieve a well-defined set of project goals.

• Thorough recording of results using an electronic lab book format.

• Preparation of regular progress reports

• Present research at meetings as appropriate (within group and at national/international conferences)

• Analyze and write up research data for publication in leading international journals.  

Teaching and Learning

• Some involvement in Honours and (where appropriate) Higher Degree by Research supervision would be expected.

Service and Engagement

Involvement in one or more of the following:

• Academic service responsibilities

• Contribute to the outcomes of internal committees

• Develop external contributions.

• Any other duties as reasonably directed by your supervisor

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance .

This role is subject to The University’s Code of Conduct .  

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position through to December 2024 at Academic level A.

The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $75,808.68 - $100,926.59, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $88,696.16 - $118,084.11 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad:  from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You  

• PhD in the area of Microbiology, Virology, molecular biology or equivalent .

• Demonstrated expert knowledge and a contribution to research, including published journal articles

• Experience with the general techniques in virology, cell biology and molecular biology

• Expertise in computational modelling of protein structure highly valued

• An ability to work collaboratively and establish effect relationships and to represent and promote academic discipline at a university and wider community level, including industry, government and professional bodies.

• Well organised, demonstrated attention to detail and able to compile progress reports

• Experience in animal handling and research involving animals

• Commitment to upholding the University’s values, and with the outstanding personal qualities of openness, respectfulness and integrity

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.

Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Keith Chappell [email protected]  

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume

• Cover letter

• Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]  

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Monday 1 January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R-33902). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for January 2024.