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The Position
CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience.
A major contributor to global warming is anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, one of which is methane. Rumen enteric methane from livestock is a major contributor from agriculture and is responsible for over 13% of global greenhouse gases and is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Recently CSIRO has shown that methane production can be dramatically reduced in cattle if they are fed a red seaweed that accumulates a naturally occurring antimethanogenic compound called bromoform. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work as part of a team to engineer yeast strains and algae capable of producing and accumulating bromoform and develop these strains into viable livestock feed additives.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will undertake multidisciplinary research in novel trait engineering in yeast and apply this technology to livestock industries. They will play a leading role by independently developing and implementing innovative research ideas with the support of an enthusiastic research team. This will be an exciting opportunity to make a real and positive impact in combating global warming. The Postdoctoral Fellow will receive broad scientific training ranging from basic biology to applied scientific delivery making this an ideal career advancement opportunity. The Postdoctoral Fellow will undertake research at both CSIRO Agriculture and Food (Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra) and the CSIRO Synthetic Biology Platform (Brisbane).
Your duties will include:
Under the direction of senior research scientists and engineers:
Location: Black Mountain, ACT
Salary: AU$83k- AU$94k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: 3 years full time or part time equivalent
Reference: 61692
To be successful you will need:
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Flexible Working Arrangements
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About CSIRO
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Applications Close at 10.59 AEST 19 June 2019