POST DOCTORAL SCIENTIST AND SMALL ANIMAL SURGEON

• Cutting edge scientists making ground breaking discoveries
• World class research institute
• Inner city location, close to public transport

About Us

The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI; www.victorchang.edu.au) was established in 1994 and is recognised as an international centre of excellence in biomedical research, with a focus on heart disease and cardiovascular biology. It places a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary science within and across its research divisions - Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Cardiac Physiology and Transplantation, Molecular Cardiology & Biophysics, Vascular Biology and Molecular, Structural and Computational Biology. The Institute is housed in a state-of-the-art research building located within the St. Vincent’s Healthcare Campus in the Inner Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia, which also includes St. Vincent’s Public and Private Hospitals, St. Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research and The Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

Position 1

Postdoctoral Scientist – Heart Development, Human Disease Modelling and Regeneration Biology

Are you a PhD graduate with training and experience in molecular and cellular biology, and/or developmental biology? If you are, we would like to meet you.

We can offer you an excellent opportunity to work on exciting projects where you will apply cutting edge molecular, cellular, genetic, epigenetic and computational technologies that seek to understand heart, vessel and blood development, and heart regeneration.

These projects include:

• Dissecting the contrasting roles of the transcription factor NKX2-5 in heart, vascular and blood development and disease using a mouse Nkx2-5 genetic models and pluripotent stem cell systems;
• Modelling risk of congenital heart disease and arrhythmias in human induced pluripotent stem cells;
• Understanding heart muscle growth in the embryo and adult in order to stimulate heart regeneration.

The projects will be undertaken within the Cardiac Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, in the laboratory of Professor Richard Harvey.

Position 2

Small Animal Surgeon (full or part time) - Cardiac Stem Cells and Regeneration

Applications are invited for a Small Animal Surgeon to work within a research setting studying cardiac stem cells and regeneration biology. Ideally you will have skills in complex surgical procedures using mice and rats as experimental models.

Your experience should include:

• induction of myocardial infarction,
• cardiac pressure overload via trans-aortic constriction,
• hindlimb ischemia model,
• catheterisation,
• minipump insertion.

We will also provide you with the opportunity to train in myocardial infarction surgery in neonatal mice.

We will expect you to be:

• familiar with the relevant codes of conduct in animal research,
• have experience with state-of-the-art rodent facilities and
• show rigorous adherence to ethical procedure.

Familiarity with cardiac functional analysis in small animals using transthoracic echocardiography, ECG, telemetry, micromanometry and sonomicrometry will be an advantage.

If you are looking to develop your career in research we can provide an opportunity for you to drive your own research projects.

Salary  

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Salary packaging and superannuation options are also available.

How To Apply

Applications can be emailed to recruitment@victorchang.edu.au. The subject line of your email should indicate which position you are applying for (‘POSTDOC’ or “SURGEON’) followed by your name.

Please include all of the following in your application:

• your CV,
• a short statement of your research interests,
• PDF’s of your three best papers, and
• the names of three individuals whom we can approach for a reference.

Closing date

Closing date: 23 September 2016