Research Fellow in Structural Biology at Monash University

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You'll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you'll need to publish your work. We're a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what's expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to join the newly established ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Fragment Based Design. As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team, working with industry partners and international collaborators on fragment-based drug design projects.

Our ideal candidate will have a PhD in structural biology, with expertise in NMR spectroscopy and/or X-ray crystallography. Ideally you will have experience in determining the structures of small molecule-protein complexes. Experience in the expression and purification of proteins, and/or in the biophysical characterisation of protein-ligand binding would be preferred.

For this position you will have demonstrated proposal preparation skills, experience in supervising and working with honours or postgraduate students within the discipline, and excellent organisational skills.

Flexibility to travel to project partners inter-state will be required.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

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