Two Postdoctoral positions are available as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project in the field of Environmental Genomics. These positions will carry supervisory responsibilities for the PhD projects associated with the project.
One position will be focussed on data generation, and the other on bioinformatics/database analysis. The project is on new genomic approaches for Biodiversity studies of Soils, Water, Forensics, Grasses and Antarctic biota.
This is a large-scale project to apply high throughput sequencing approaches to the analysis of environmental samples and develop a new range of methods to perform biodiversity surveys, taxonomic discovery, and environmental impact reports.
The project will employ multiplexed PCR, 2nd/3rd Generation Sequencing, Bioinformatics and Phylogenetics to develop novel systems for rapid and accurate biodiversity assessment. Key topics within the project are the analysis of Australian soils, natural and re-use water supplies, Australian native grasses, Antarctic biota, and forensic material.
A strong molecular Biology and bioinformatics background is required. The project is a $1M Australian Research Council-industry partnership.
Application Deadline:
07 January 2011
Contact:
Prof Alan Cooper,
alan.cooper@adelaide.edu.au
