Question Research Project Officer - Cotton Insect/Disease Resistance

Job Title: Research Project Officer
Organisation: CSIRO
Location: Canberra, ACT
Job Type: Part Time - Full Time Positions
Tenure & work schedule: Specified term until 31 December 2026, Full-time
Salary: $73,000 - $93,000 a year
Reference: 100960

The Job:
Crops are susceptible to insect pests and disease which can impact yield and industry return. The successful candidate will work with the team to test the use of RNAi to control insect pests and disease progression. The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking numerous activities including molecular biology techniques, plant transformation and tissue culture, insect rearing, and insect/disease assays.

Duties:
Plant transformation and tissue culture.
Maintaining insect populations.
Conducting transient leaf expression assays in Nicotiana benthamiana
Taking care of plant populations in the glasshouse/growth cabinets, including sowing, transplanting, sampling, and molecular characterization
Assisting in timely planning of experiments, participating in project meetings and working closely with other team members
Under limited supervision, design and perform straightforward experiments and routine laboratory analyses.
May have responsibility for maintaining laboratory or fieldwork consumables and scheduling and instructing staff in the use of shared equipment.

Essential criteria:
Relevant trade certificate/diploma/bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience in biological science.
Experience in plant transformation and tissue culture.
Demonstrated experience in the preparation of molecular biology reagents and conducting molecular assays such as PCR assays.
Excellent organisational and record keeping skills.
Good oral and written communication skills.

Apply via CSIRO: jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2C-ACT-Research-Project-Officer-Cotton-InsectDisease-Resistance/1214577366/?jobPipeline=Indeed