Postdoctoral Scientist

Te tūnga | The role
We have an exciting 2-year fixed term opportunity for a Postdoctoral Scientist - Genomics to join our successful and growing team based at Kenepuru Science Centre in Porirua. This opportunity will see you also initially spend time with our collaborators at Massey University in Palmerston North. In this role you will develop a tool-kit to detect, identify and diagnose gastrointestinal parasites in sheep. Optimizing DNA extraction protocols from sheep samples (faecal, intestinal, blood) for sequencing with Oxford Nanopore technology will be crucial to the success of this project. You will play an active part in the genomics teams at ESR and Massey University.
Kia angitu koe | About you
To be successful in this role, you will have ideally several of the following attributes:

- A relevant postgraduate qualification in molecular biology, or a related discipline.
- Ability to collect samples from live and dead animals.
- Expertise in the extraction of DNA from animal samples, including blood, intestinal tissue and faecal material.
- A working knowledge of the New Zealand sheep industry.
- Demonstrable competencies in genomics techniques, ideally knowledge of Oxford Nanopore technology.

You will be an active collaborator across teams and be comfortable communicating with a wide range of people. You'll also be self-managing and able to work unsupervised at times.
Ngā painga | The benefits ESR provide an excellent environment for fostering and developing our people in a values-driven, flexible and ever evolving landscape. We are leaders in our field and our laboratory facilities are second to none. We offer diverse benefits including flexible working options that support everyone's lifestyle in balance with their work commitments. Our people gain value from other benefits such as job-related learning and development opportunities, access to employee health schemes, social events and wellbeing initiatives.